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Art and culture are valuable
Art and culture are valuable for their own sake; they are also crucial to
our national prosperity. Britain’s cultural industries now make up over
eight per cent of our national income; and from computer games to
the fine arts, British talent is gaining global recognition and generating
real wealth. This is one of the fastest growing and fastest changing
areas of the economy. And the transformation of our great cities is, in
great part, a story of culture-led regeneration.We are proud of the
record of Labour-led councils in leading this transformation, from
Gateshead to Greenwich.