The government plays a pivotal role in supporting culture. In the run-up to the year 2000, the Millennium Commission provided £2 billion of National Lottery money to many now-iconic arts and culture institutions.
This was established by the Conservatives and continued under Labour after the 1997 election. In 1946 the Arts Council was established to give more people benefit from great art and culture nationally. And just a year prior, Clement Attlee’s Labour government made major gains over Churchill to lead this post-war future.
