SCOTTISH Labour has pledged to help Scotland’s arts and culture “thrive” with a new payment for creatives.Party leader Anas Sarwar promised to pilot a new payment aimed at enabling artists with promising commercial plans to pay the bills until they become established.He said: “Scotland’s arts and culture sector is world-renowned but, for too long, it has been held back by an SNP government that expects the sector to survive on warm words.“John Swinney and the SNP are happy to pay lip service to our arts sector, but when it comes to delivery it is a different story.

SCOTTISH Labour has pledged to help Scotland’s arts and culture “thrive” with a new payment for creatives.

Party leader Anas Sarwar promised to pilot a new payment aimed at enabling artists with promising commercial plans to pay the bills until they become established.

He said: “Scotland’s arts and culture sector is world-renowned but, for too long, it has been held back by an SNP government that expects the sector to survive on warm words.

“John Swinney and the SNP are happy to pay lip service to our arts sector, but when it comes to delivery it is a different story.

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