The fate of the Archer review into Arts Council England (ACE) has been unclear for some time. After a government review of ACE was announced in March—led by Mary Archer, a former chair of the Science Museum Group—the public review was paused before the general election in July. After an email from a Labour government minister suggested that this review won’t happen at all, a spokesperson from the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed to VAN that the Archer review is now closed.
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