The Labour Party Manifesto 2010: A future fair for all

Contact: Promoted by Ray Collins, General Secretary, the Labour Party

Institution: The Labour Party

Full reference The Labour Party Manifesto (2010) A future Fair for All. London. 1687_10

Summary

The Labour party manifesto highlights the importance of the creative industries in Britain’s recovering economy. The Labour Party Manifesto explicitly references the creative and cultural industries in ‘Creative Britain: active and flourishing communities’ (p. 7:3- 7:7). It highlights a number of key policies have been aimed at boosting, in particular, the film and digital sectors through tax incentives.

The manifesto also talks about social mobility in the cultural sector and proposes taking forward Creative Bursaries, a trial scheme to provide financial support for young people with talent, to ensure they can work for six months in arts and cultural institutions and build up their professional experience. It also states Labour would work with the sector to establish the best way to reduce the dependency on unpaid interns.

Labour have also pulled out their policies in relation to the Creative Industries in a separate paper Creative Britain Manifesto.

The Labour party manifesto 2010