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Lauren Del Fabbro

Lisa Nandy says £1.5bn arts investment will help boost national confidence

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy during a visit to the Barbican theatre in central London (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said a new £1.5 billion investment into the arts and culture sector in England will help the country “recover its self-confidence”.

The Government announced on Wednesday that the sector, which currently employs 700,000 across the country, will see cash injected into previously under-funded areas and organisations with the aim of protecting institutions that would otherwise be at risk of closing.

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