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Comment | Let’s not get rid of the UK’s culture department—let's fix it instead

Axing the Arts Council and the many other arm’s-length bodies overseen by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport makes more sense, argues Bendor Grosvenor

Bendor Grosvenor
12 June 2025
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Recent reports suggest that the prime minister, Keir Starmer, wants to scrap DCMS 

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