Keir Starmer pins hopes for economic growth on British Hollywood [Video]

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Keir Starmer has spoken of his own passion for the creative arts as he prepares to unveil a major new investment strategy for Britain’s film industry to put it at the heart of his plans to boost economic growth.

The prime minister spoke exclusively to The Independent ahead of a new package of tax relief to help boost “British Hollywood” and see more films made in the UK with “many, many” more job opportunities.

He told Independent TV: “This is a really important initiative, tax relief for filmmaking. Here in the United Kingdom, we are really good in the creative sector.

The creative industries generate £125bn a year, and form a central part of the government’s plan to grow the economy (The Independent)

“In this country we punch well above our weight …