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This reply was published in the Western Mail's BOX OFFIICE section on Jan 13th 2006...... There is more Government investment in the arts in Wales than ever before, £181 million since 2000. But not everyone in Wales gets the same access to the arts. If you are in a managerial or professional occupation you are three times more likely to benefit from public money invested in the arts than if you live in a Communities First area. I want to change this. The response of the opposition parties has been to resort to personal abuse. I have been accused by the Tories of behaving like Stalin and by the Lib-Dems of wanting to tell the WNO which operas to perform. The reality is I want to see public money invested in the arts reaching all communities within our nation.[READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT THE IC WALES WEB SITE ] |
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