Leeds City Council has unveiled its new ‘Leeds Cultural Investment Programme’ to fund various art projects as “arts & cultural activity is the golden thread that runs through everything we do. From improving health and wellbeing, to driving inclusive growth and supporting our zero carbon goals.” Cost to council taxpayer: £167,006…
A few of the more creative events caught Guido’s eye:
For £167,006, you could:
Leeds hiked council tax by 5% this year. The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”