Is £900,000 to repaint the PM’s plane in the colours of the Union Jack “the best use of taxpayers’ money”? “We have always spent money on promoting the UK around the world,” says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden
Here's a reminder that Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will be leading the daily No 10 briefing shortly.
It will be the second time that he has fronted the press conference and, as it stands, he is expected to appear on his own. It's not clear what he will talk about but with top-class professional sport getting going again - Royal Ascot is taking place as we speak and Premier League football resumes at 18.00 BST - he could cite this as an example of how society can start getting back to normal while continuing to observe social distancing rules.
One area of real concern in his portfolio is the future of the arts, particularly theatres, with warnings that top West End shows will not return until the start of next year at the earliest and that venues will start shutting if the furlough scheme is not extended into 2021. Dowden told the Evening Standard recently he was considering calls for a specific rescue package for theatres and other visual arts for whom social distancing made re-opening uneconomic and it will be interesting to see what he has to say about that.
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