Group led by ministers will include representatives of the judiciary, music industry, BBC and Football Association
Leading cultural figures will be tasked with working alongside members of the royal family to boost Britain’s international influence as part of the government’s new “soft power council”.
The group – which will be chaired by the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, and the foreign secretary, David Lammy – will bring together “experts from across culture, sport, the creative industries and geopolitics” to promote Britain globally and provide a boost to the UK economy, according to the Foreign Office.
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