Receiving the Hodge Review: the cultural sector’s response to a policy landmark

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This article provides a critical overview of cultural sector responses to the publication of Baroness Hodge’s (2025) review of Arts Council England (the Hodge Review). It offers a snapshot of how the Review was received in the period leading up to the official government and Arts Council England responses, which have since indicated full acceptance of the Review. The article highlights areas of convergence and dissonance and outlines the key implications for the implementation of the Review’s recommendations.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Pitches, C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5023-2465 Price, J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4997-7560 Walmsley, B. Kime, A.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2026 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords:	Hodge Review, Arts Council England, cultural policy, Let’s Create
Dates:	Accepted: 13 June 2026 Published (online): 19 August 2026
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds)
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2026 10:09
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2026 10:09
Status:	Published online
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Identification Number:	10.1080/09548963.2026.2691480
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:247218

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