Frustration over culture secretary's refusal to engage on Covid pressures | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)
Frustration over culture secretary’s refusal to engage on Covid pressures Culture secretary Oliver Dowden’s commitment to resolving the significant pressures facing the culture, tourism and sport sectors as a result of Covid has been questioned after he declined to respond to at least five letters from the chair of the Local Government Association’s board dealing with those issues. Attempts have also been made to ask Mr Dowden to attend a meeting of the culture, tourism and sport board himself, so he can hear from members the scale of the crisis affecting these sectors but to no avail l...