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Culture

Local authorities are in many ways custodians of both national and local culture, supporting arts and crafts, maintaining heritage sites, local history and folk-lore and encouraging public celebrations and festivals.

Arts Council England and LGA Joint Statement (2023-2025)

23 Mar 2023

Cornerstones of Culture

Publications

08 Dec 2022
Text: Forget What You Think You Know about culture

Forget What You Think You Know... about culture

04 Oct 2022

Case Studies

SENsational Story and Play

30 Jan 2023

Art UK public sculpture digitisation programme

27 Oct 2022

York Life Festival

10 Oct 2022
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News

LGA’s Culture Commission calls for case studies

23 Jun 2022

LGA responds to the Public Accounts Committee Report on the Culture Recovery Fund

23 Jun 2021
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Publications

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Cornerstones of Culture

08 Dec 2022
People, culture, place - The role of culture in placemaking

People, culture, place - The role of culture in placemaking

23 Feb 2017
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Briefings, responses, legislation & guides

Debate on public libraries - House of Commons, 11 July 2019

01 Jul 2019
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