Groups of towns are invited to join bidding for UK city of culture

Announcement by culture secretary for 2025 title is part of government’s levelling-up agenda

Groups of towns will be able to bid to be the UK’s city of culture for the first time as the government hopes to use the competition to promote its levelling-up agenda.

The culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, also hopes the competition will help areas recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2RS5SjK