Image caption, , a dance and theatre organisation, is one of the winners with Levelling Up funds Many organisations like the in Newcastle are struggling to survive - with audiences failing to return to pre-Covid levels and a lack of local authority support. How is Arts Council funding distributed and how effectively is the government moving spending outside London? You might not think there is a connection between Nadine Dorries and a former church hall in a deprived part of Newcastle, but what is happening there might just be the legacy of her time as culture secretary.

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