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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Pat Hurst

Class should be ‘protected characteristic’ as arts world too posh, report says

Noel Gallagher (left) and Liam Gallagher (right), from Oasis, in 2001 (Sean Dempsey/PA) - (PA Archive)

Working class people are struggling to break into the arts world, leaving the sector dominated by the middle class and London, a new report has said.

Class should become a protected characteristic, similar to race, religion or sex, so the arts sector becomes more balanced, the report, Class Ceiling, recommends.

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