Arts Funding Debate

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Matthew Elliott, head of the Taxpayers Alliance and a member of the NCF Advisory panel, will be one of the speakers debating the motion 'This country can no longer afford to subsidise the arts' at an event held by the National Campaign for the Arts on March 1st.

The debate will take place at Kings Place, 90 York Way London N1 9AG from 7.00-9.00pm. The other speakers are Melvyn Bragg, Simon Jenkins and Matthew Taylor, with Joan Bakewell in the chair.

Tickets are available at www.kingsplace.co.uk

Says the NCA:

As the ‘golden age’ of public spending exits stage left, have the arts really done enough to articulate the value of the arts to the economy and society? Instead of shying away from the difficult questions this debate will explore the issues forcing us all to think about the way the arts will have do business in the future. Speakers for the motion will be asked to provide alternatives and those opposing make their case without a simple return to tired arguments of old.