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The London mayor ordered a review of landmarks in the capital after a wave of Black Lives Matter protests last year. Mr Khan originally approved up to £247,000 for the work but is now spending four times as much while at the same time hiking up council tax bills. It comes as a poll found more Londoners are opposed to the plan than are in favour of it.
Two former UK culture ministers have spoken out to
The Art Newspaper in defence of the country’s cherished “arm’s length principle”, which ensures national museums and organisations such as Arts Council England can operate independently, without government interference. Ed Vaizey and Chris Smith say that the rule is under threat because of the “anti-woke” campaign currently being waged by ministers in Boris Johnson’s government.
The criticism comes after culture secretary Oliver Dowden held a summit on 23 February telling national museum heads and leaders from the National Trust, Historic England, the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England how to put into practice the government’s “retain and explain” approach towards controversial historic statues and monuments. According to the
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Last month, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced the appointment of the first members of his “Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm.”
“Fifteen panellists [the Mayor’s 6 February communiqué revealed] have been selected to form the Commission and work to improve diversity in the capital’s public realm. The Commission’s role is to enrich and add to the current public realm, and advise on better ways to raise public understanding behind existing statues, street names, building names and memorials.”