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‘Worse than the Tories’: cultural figures question Labour plans for arts in schools

Government must scrap English baccalaureate to make arts more accessible to working-class children, critics say

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition review – a gasping death-rattle of conservative mediocrity

Pampered pets, polite portraits and enough wan landscapes to fill a field – this show mirrors the numbed, aimless condition of Britain after 14 years of Tory misrule

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

What’s on Jeremy Hunt’s dining room wall? Art to enjoy with a cucumber sandwich

UK chancellor was pictured working on the autumn statement at home. Our art critic runs the rule over his choice of artworks

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023