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Labour

The Labour Party Arts Manifesto 2004 incorporated 70% of the NCA's arts manifesto recommendations. It put forward a policy of broadening participation, increasing funding and supporting creative industries.

General priorities:

- To value the arts for their own sake

- To value the arts for the impact they make on individuals, communities, towns and cities and the economy

- To broaden participation and opportunities.

Education:

- To provide all primary school children with tuition in arts and music.

- To initiate Creative Sparks, a new programme to raise the opportunity of children and young people to experience the very best in culture each year.

Training:

- Create Creative Apprenticeships and Creative Pioneer Academy, which will develop the entrepreneurial skills of recent graduates, providing training for young people interested in working in the arts

Funding:

- Invest £12m over 2 years from 2006

- Encourage philanthropy

Culture Spokespeople

Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP- Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism

Gary Sutcliffe MP- Minister for Sport

Tessa Jowell MP- Olympics Minister working out of cabinet office

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