Jack Gamble, Campaign for the Arts
Gamble cemented his position as a vital and visible voice for the arts in 2024, speaking out particularly strongly against cuts to local authority funding and holding the new government’s feet to the fire on its Budget promises to increase support for councils. A significant report on the state of the arts in the UK, released by the Campaign for the Arts and Warwick University in July, was both a warning and a call to action on issues ranging from funding to accessibility and education – with further research on the decline of students taking GCSE and A-level arts subjects generating headlines in the summer.