Scots To Redo Arts Support

New plans for a major overhaul of Scottish arts support is expected to be announced this week. “The minister is expected to announce her intention to impose a statutory duty on local authorities to provide arts and culture. This would take the form of a “cultural right” for every individual in the country to have arts provided in their area. It is not clear how this would work but it does raise the interesting possibility of a council being taken to court by an individual who felt the local authority was not providing enough culture. One way in which the scheme could work practically would be with the use of “culture vouchers” for schoolchildren.”