Kneecap have won their court case against the British government, with a Belfast court ruling that Kemi Badenoch, the former Secretary of State for Business and Trade who is now the Conservative Party leader, illegally blocked an arts grant to which they were fully entitled.
The West Belfast-based rap trio, vocal advocates for the reunification of Ireland, had applied for the UK's Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) grant, funded by the UK's Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, with support from the British Phonographic Industry, in order to offset costs of touring in the US.
