Culture secretary Maria Miller is calling for the support of arts organisations to make the 'economic case' against further cuts

Maria Miller, the Culture Secretary is going through a bad patch. She appeared on Today on Monday to talk about the Government’s plans to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the 1914-18 war.

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