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Conclusion
Ninth Report - Major cultural and sport…
Not Addressed
The Government is spending a lot of money on this year’s major events. Yet while individual occasions may well deliver memorable moments, we see no golden thread linking the events or tying them to a vision for the future of this country. If the UK is to leverage major events …
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The Government is spending a lot of money on this year’s major events. Yet while individual occasions may well deliver memorable moments, we see no golden thread linking the events or tying them to a vision for the future of this country. If the UK is to leverage major events fully, they must unite people at home and abroad around a sense of shared culture. However, we see no sense of how 2022’s events will take us on a journey of renewal as a country—despite the many differing views about the image of Britishness that the events should promote.
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Government response AI summary
The government asserts that the 2022 program of events will play a key part in the UK's renewal, reflecting the nation's diversity and unifying elements, with various examples like the Commonwealth Games, UNBOXED, and the Rugby League World Cup. They claim the events are aligned …
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Recommendation
Ninth Report - Major cultural and sport…
Not Addressed
Recent years have seen major events policy formed through little more than ministerial fiat, and nothing illustrates this better than the vague and shape-shifting nature of Unboxed: Creativity in the UK. There is no one in Government with clear ownership for 2022’s programme of events, and few meaningful links between …
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Recent years have seen major events policy formed through little more than ministerial fiat, and nothing illustrates this better than the vague and shape-shifting nature of Unboxed: Creativity in the UK. There is no one in Government with clear ownership for 2022’s programme of events, and few meaningful links between the events themselves. In the future, we call on the Government to be clear about what it is trying to achieve through major events and how they fit with wider policy priorities, and then to embed that vision through long-term planning and resourcing. (Paragraph 82) Major cultural and sporting events 33
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Government response AI summary
The government asserts that the 2022 program of events will play a key part in the UK's renewal, reflecting the nation's diversity and unifying elements, with various examples like the Commonwealth Games, UNBOXED, and the Rugby League World Cup. They claim the events are aligned …
Read full response →
Department for Culture, Media and Sport