Labour view the arts purely as a vehicle of social change or civic glory. Labour made Swansea Britain's 'City of Literacy', and then slashed Swansea's music budget.

• Significantly increase funding for arts bodies in order to bring Britain's spending on the arts up to the EU average.
• Establish a Young Arts movement, abolish museum charges and create a zero-rating of VAT for all published material and repairs to historic buildings.
• Maintain the public service role of the BBC and guarantee its independence, by indexing the licence fee to inflation and by introducing a Freedom of Information Act.
• Introduce a new Broadcasting Act to reassert the primacy of quality on Channel 3, and ensure franchises' control over programming.
• Enhance the role of local authorities as key providers and co-ordinators of sports facilities.
• Reform the UK Sports Commission and establish a new UK Institute of sport to promote coaching and research.
• Establish Community Sports Plans, encouraging schools, clubs and local authorities to share facilities and resources.
• Use legislation and a wide ranging education campaign to crackdown on the abuse of drugs in sport.