Ivan Lewis, the shadow culture secretary, will ask: "Talent, aspiration and growth: is Britain missing out?"
Lewis will examine how to identify and nurture young talent and ask how best to support creative business start-ups. His advisers include Sue Woodward, Manchester's "creative media champion", Wes Streeting, of the Helena Kennedy Foundation, which helps disadvantaged students, Patrick Diamond, of the thinktank Policy Network, William Ivory, the screenwriter of Made in Dagenham, and David Lan, of the Young Vic theatre in London.
Tom Clark writes:
This panel, which includes some leading New Labour youngish turks, is being steered towards the specific task of marrying "cool Britannia" with making money.
The aim, presumably, is that this should give it something to say while avoiding the production of a long list of galleries and museums for the party to shower money on, a list the leadership does not want to be saddled with.
What policies might Labour suggest that could ensure young creativity pays? Should it be more upfront in making the case for continuing to subsidise the arts, or is that a luxury for better times?
