Ed Vaizey news

The UK’s new culture minister Matt Hancock has urged the museums industry to fight exclusion, promising a “frank assessment” of the challenges facing the sector ... More

UK culture minister Ed Vaizey is returning to the back benches of British politics after new Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Matthew Hancock as his ... More

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has released a white paper on culture, outlining the government’s vision, strategy and proposals for the UK’s ... More

The UK and Chinese governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will see the two countries forming “significant ties” to develop football in ... More

A statue, which caused a UK museum to be stripped of funding following its £15m (US$25m, €18.8m) sale, has had an export ban placed on ... More

The ‘Rom’ in Hornchurch, East London, has been given Grade II listed status by English Heritage and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Opened ... More

New government data suggests that more than half of adults (53 per cent) have visited a museum or gallery in the past year, boosting increased ... More

Cashing in on the tourism possibilities provided by music stars like David Bowie, The Beatles and the Arctic Monkeys could raise an additional £4bn for ... More

The Arts Council for England has responded to criticism that its funding is biased towards London, in a new report, This England: how Arts Council ... More

Forty museums across England are to receive £4.6m worth of grants following an announcement made by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey. Museums across the country are ... More

More than half of adults in England have visited a museum or gallery in the last year, according to the latest Taking Part survey from ... More

The government has launched a new funding initiative aimed at boosting cultural tourism in England. The new Cultural Destinations scheme will offer grants between £250,000 ... More

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has told the House of Commons that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) would not be dissolved. In a ... More

Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay have all made the final shortlist to name the 2017 UK City of Culture. The four cities beat off ... More

Museums in three northern cities that faced the threat of closure are safe despite recent cuts, according to the culture minister. The Department for Culture, ... More

Museums in three northern cities that faced the threat of closure are safe despite recent cuts, according to the culture minister. The Department for Culture, ... More

The British government has launched an independent review of architecture and the built environment with aims to better shape policy to achieve high quality design. ... More

A new scheme that allows people and companies to donate cultural treasures in return for a reduction in their tax liability has come into effect. ... More

Eleven contenders have put their name forward to become the UK’s 2017 City of Culture, culture minister Ed Vaizey announced today (6 March). They are ... More

Image: The Discovery Museum is operated by TWAM Arts Council England (ACE) has taken on responsibility for Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums' (TWAM) core ... More

The government has announced that the UK's City of Culture competition is to continue, with a nationwide contest to launch later this year in order ... More

A projected growth in National Lottery ticket sales could generate more than £200m of extra funding for the UK arts sector over the next five ... More

Detailed plans have been revealed for the relocation of the Design Museum in London from its current location on the south bank of the Thames ... More

A total of 36 museums and galleries throughout England are to receive a share of £4m from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) ... More

BP has revealed it will invest £10m in the British Museum; the National Portrait Gallery; the Royal Opera House; and Tate Britain after renewing its ... More