London's Cultural Consortium

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Culture is an imprtant part of the life of the capital, and the London Cultural Consortium has an important role to play bringing together major organisations in arts, sports, heritage and tourism, which control millions of pounds in funding. It needs to act as an independent voice for the cultural sector, and oversee and promote the delivery of the Mayor's Culture Strategy. However, it has made limited progress since it was set up, and in this review we have found that its goals aren't clear enough and it doesn't have the support or resources it needs to take real action. That is why we are recommending that:

• The Department for Culture Media & Sport should fund the London Cultural Consortium on a fair and comparable basis with other regional cultural consortiums
• The London Cultural Consortium should have a small support office independent of the Mayor's Office
• The London Cultural Consortium should review the Mayor's Culture Strategy systematically, according to an annual work programme and producing an annual report.