The Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP
The Prime Minister
10 Downing Street, London SW1A 2AA
Dear Sir Keir Starmer,
We are writing collectively as artists, civil society and industry, appealing to your personal belief in music and the promise of opportunity for all under Labour.
Learning an instrument and getting up on stage – whether in school or a community club – is now a luxury not every child can afford.
As an industry, we bring in £7.6 billion into the UK economy, yet the next generation is not there to take the reins. Last year was the first in over 20 years without a UK global top 10 single or album in the charts. Myles Smith and Ezra Collective said it best at the 2025 BRIT Awards:
“How many more venues need to close, how many music programs need to be cut before we realise that we can’t just celebrate success, we have to protect the foundations that make it?”
“This moment right here is because of the great youth clubs, and the great teachers and the great schools that support young people playing music.”
The time to act is now. State schools –- which educate 93% of the country’s children – have seen a 21% decrease in music provision.
We welcome Lisa’s 10-point plan for music raised in the House of Commons on 16th January 2025. Bridget, David, Jonathan and Wes – we also need you standing up for music education. Artists and industry can’t deliver on the world stage for the UK without schools, youth clubs and stages at home.
We collectively ask for a £250m UK music education package this spring to repair decades of dismantling music. Music education is cross-departmental: Culture, Education, Foreign Office, Health & Social Care and Business & Trade.
Music in and out of school should be for all, not a few. We are up against five fights to protect and grow music education and we need you all:
1. FUND MUSIC IN SCHOOLS, LIKE SPORT.
Deliver a Music & Arts Pupil Premium to schools (the Sports Premium is currently £324m); fund extra £32m for Music Hubs each year.
2. CLOSE THE GAPS, MUSICIANS AS MUSIC TEACHERS.
Urgently train 1,000 music teachers to end the 56% fall in recruitment; stop the closures of University music departments, like Cardiff University.
3. LAUNCH UK-WIDE FUND FOR GRASSROOTS MUSIC COLLABORATION.
1/4 of youth music spaces are considering closing, and over 2/3 are only surviving short-term.
4. LAUNCH FAIR AND INDUSTRY-FIT MUSIC APPRENTICESHIPS.
Only 0.5% of apprenticeships are in the creative sector; launch 500 music apprenticeships UK-wide, with new festival apprenticeships and industry readiness support for youth at-risk.
5. DIVERSIFY THE CURRICULUM, INCLUDE INDUSTRY VOICES.
Establish a teacher and industry special task force for a diverse, industry-informed curriculum; remove the Ebacc, include music in the Ofsted report card in England.
We understand that there are many pressures. As artists, civil society and industry, we want to be part of the solution.
We look forward to hearing your reply soon.
Incl:
Martin Oliver, Ofsted Chief Inspector, Improving the way Ofsted inspects education
Baroness Hodge of Barking, Chair, Independent review of the Arts Council England
Professor Becky Francis CBE, Chair, Curriculum and assessment review
Yours faithfully,
Ed Sheeran
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Adam Behr, Head of Music, Newcastle University – Newcastle (ENG)
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Brian Inglis, Director of Programmes for Music, Middlesex University – London (ENG)
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Charlotte Buxton, Deputy Head, Birmingham Music Service – Birmingham (ENG)
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Chris Hodges, CEO, The Rhythm Studio – London (ENG)
Chris Hudson – Preston (ENG)
Chris Inglis, British & Irish Modern Music Institute – Penarth (CYM)
Chris Steele – North Shields (ENG)
Christopher Bell, Founder, National Youth Choir of Scotland – (SCT)
Christopher Gray, Head of Music, University of Aberdeen – Aberdeen (SCT)
Christopher Wiley, Head of Music & Media, University of Surrey – Guildford (ENG)
Clare Bauckham, Music Teacher – Lincoln (ENG)
Clare East – Glasgow (SCT)
Corinne Mcdonald, Music Enthusiast – Halifax (ENG)
Craig Yates, Creative Director, The Aloud Charity – Cardiff (CYM)
Dan Baxter, IP1 Magazine – Ipswich (ENG)
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Daniel Johns, Musica Kirklees – Huddersfield (ENG)
Daniel Johnston, Sheffield Music Hub – Sheffield (ENG)
Danielle Rowlands, Operasonic – Newport (CYM)
Danny Bright, Head of Music, University of Sussex – Brighton (ENG)
Darren Moore – Hull (ENG)
David Berezan, Professor, University of Manchester – Manchester (ENG)
David Griffiths – Lewes (ENG)
David Holdridge, Ex Advisor, Manchester Music Service – Sale (ENG)
David Malys, Music Lover – Tamworth (ENG)
David Martin, CEO, Featured Artists Coalition – London (ENG)
David Oswald – Newcastle (ENG)
David Rees, Merton Music Foundation – London (ENG)
David Shedden, National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland – Glasgow (SCT)
David Trippett, Professor / Chair of the Faculty Board, University of Cambridge – Cambridge (ENG)
David W J Adams – Elgin (SCT)
Dawn Tyas, Music Teacher, St Lawrence CE Primary School Skellingthorpe – Lincoln (ENG)
Dawn Wren, CEO, Berkshire Music Trust – Berkshire (ENG)
Derek Cox, Music Fan – Witham (ENG)
Deborah Keyser, Tŷ Cerdd Music Centre Wales – Cardiff (CYM)
Diahann Brown, Head of Operations & Fundraising, The Rhythm Studio Foundation – London (ENG)
Donna Minto, Primary Music Specialist – Aberdeen (SCT)
Elaine Gurney, Parent – Grantham (ENG)
Elinor Bennett, Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias – Caernarfon (CYM)
Elizabeth Smith, Teacher – Lincoln (ENG)
Ellen Thomson, University of St Andrews – St Andrews (SCT)
Elliott Norman – Maidenhead (ENG)
Emma Lines, Drake Music Scotland – Edinburgh (SCT)
Emma Louise Horwood – Lincoln (ENG)
Erin Prytherch, Music Student – Cardiff (CYM)
Eva Moreda Rodriguez, Professor of Music, University of Glasgow – Glasgow (SCT)
Evan Dawson, CEO, National Youth Arts Wales – (CYM)
Folke Wiemann, Music Therapist – Edinburgh (SCT)
Fran Collins, Create Music – Bexhill-on-Sea (ENG)
G. Graham – Newcastle (ENG)
Gabrielle Parsons – (UK)
Gail East, Lincoln – Lincoln (ENG)
Gemma Curtis, Programmer – Worthing (ENG)
Gemma Rousseau – Lincoln (ENG)
Gemma Yarwood – Manchester (ENG)
Genna Burchell, Beavertown Brewery – Bedford (ENG)
Gica Loening, Music Practitioner – Edinburgh (SCT)
Gillian Hume, Manager, Sheffield Music Hub – Sheffield (ENG)
Glen Mellor, Headteacher, Coventry Alternative Provision Academy – Coventry (ENG)
Grace Bagshaw, Educator – Fleet (ENG)
Grace Meadows, Head, Music Minds Matter – London (ENG)
Grace Turner, Musica Kirklees – Huddersfield (ENG)
Greg Smith, Music Listener – Witham (ENG)
Hannah Beadsworth, The Aloud Charity – Pontypridd (CYM)
Hannah Irwin, Music House for Children – London (ENG)
Hannah Roulson, Musica Kirklees – Huddersfield (ENG)
Harris McWilliam, Music Tutor, Cambridge Regional College – Cambridge (ENG)
Heather Burge, Educator, Sheffield Music Hub – Sheffield (ENG)
Helen Borg, Bradford Music & Arts Service – Bradford (ENG)
Helen Giles – Pontypridd (CYM)
Hope Dowsett, National Youth Arts Wales – Cardiff (CYM)
Ian Diment, Trustee, Sound Progression – Cardiff (CYM)
Imogen Andrews, Rhostio Specialty Coffee – Cardiff (CYM)
Imogen Bell – Norwich (ENG)
Jack Nissan, Director, Tinderbox Collective – Edinburgh (SCT)
Jack Reardon, Sound Progression – Cwmbran (CYM)
Jack Roberts, Student, Cardiff & Vale College – Cardiff (CYM)
Jack Taylor – Reading (ENG)
James Dutton – Thame (ENG)
James Gouldthorpe – (UK)
James Wright – Birmingham (ENG)
Jamie Blair – Leeds (ENG)
Jasmine Cooper, Music Educator – Kent (ENG)
Jeff Atkinson – Dorset (ENG)
Jeff Johns, Big Jeff Johns Art – Bristol (ENG)
Jeffrey Sharkey, Principal, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Glasgow (SCT)
Jenn Luscombe, Retired Teacher – Aldershot (ENG)
Jessica Scott, Former Music Student – Lincolnshire (ENG)
Jill Douglas, Music Tutor, Inverurie Concert Band – Kintore (SCT)
Jim Wishart, Brass Central Strathearn – Crieff (SCT)
JJ Tatten – Hull (ENG)
Joanne Baldock, Music Teacher, Heol Chwarae Rol – Pontypridd (CYM)
Joanne Perry – Fleet (ENG)
Joanne Worboys-Hodgson, Teacher of Lower Strings – Huddersfield (ENG)
Joanne Yau, Hub Lead, York Music Hub – York (ENG)
Joe O’Connell, Lecturer / Director of Undergraduate Studies, Cardiff University School of Music – Cardiff (CYM)
Joe Wilson, Professor, Leeds Conservatoire – Leeds (ENG)
John Baker – (UK)
John Cunningham, Head of Arts, Bangor University – Bangor (CYM)
John McClean – Manchester (ENG)
John Samuelson – London (ENG)
Jonathan Vaughan, Principal, Guildhall School of Music & Drama – London (ENG)
Joseph Hyland – Birmingham (ENG)
Joseph Roberts, Director, THU Arts Collective – Cardiff (CYM)
Juan Colonese – Reading (ENG)
Julia Plaut, Music Educator, Little Live Projects – Cardiff (CYM)
Julie Dodd, Parent – Lincolnshire (ENG)
Julie Reece, Parent – Lincoln (ENG)
Karen Lowther, Parent – Northampton (ENG)
Karen Redhead OBE, Principal, West London College – London (ENG)
Kate Darby, Dementia Disco – Stockport (ENG)
Katherine Ellis, Professor of Music, University of Cambridge – Cambridge (ENG)
Katherine Smith, Creative Futures – Abergavenny (CYM)
Katy Lana Hall, Co-Founder, Music Guardians – London (ENG)
Kerry Watson, Luton Music Service – Luton (ENG)
Kev Hasler – Southwold (ENG)
Kevin Rivett, Pennine Guitar Centre – Huddersfield (ENG)
Kiran Panesar – London (ENG)
Laura Bradshaw, Oasis One World Choir – Cardiff (CYM)
Laura Worsfold, CEO, Severn Arts – Worcester (ENG)
Lauren Reece, Primary Education University Student – Sheffield (ENG)
Lauren Redhead, Goldsmiths, University of London – Manchester (ENG)
Lewis Blythe, Suffolk County Music Service – Bury St Edmunds (ENG)
Lewis Catto – Aberdeen (SCT)
Linda Brush, Music Lover – Northampton (ENG)
Lisa Colton, Professor, University of Liverpool – Liverpool (ENG)
Lisa Davies, Chief Executive, Tanio – Cardiff (CYM)
Lisa De Simone, Head of Strings, Create Music – Brighton & Hove (ENG)
Lorna Gourley, Music Teacher – Ayr (SCT)
Lorraine Malyan – Durham (ENG)
Louise Major, National Youth Choir of Scotland – Glasgow (SCT)
Lucy Revis, Director, TRACKS Project, Sheffield Music School – Sheffield (ENG)
Lucy Skinner – London (ENG)
Lyndsay Botten – Lincoln (ENG)
Lynsey Macer – Lincoln (ENG)
M. Mac Gabhann, Sheffield Hallam University – Sheffield (ENG)
Mandy Sarankin, Child Psychotherapist – London (ENG)
Marcus Austin, Gig Goer – Horsham (ENG)
María Batlle, Music Teacher & Researcher, King’s College London – London (ENG)
Marion Hinds – Cumbria (ENG)
Mark Gordon, Output Belfast Music Conference, director SoreDraw Music & Yukee, CBBC show creator – Belfast (NIR)
Mark Sean Cobain, Gig Goer – London (ENG)
Martha Parava – London (ENG)
Martin Good – Derby (ENG)
Martin Isherwood, Director, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts School of Music – Liverpool (ENG)
Martin Pruszynski, Parent – Sheffield (ENG)
Martin Suckling, Professor / Head of Music, School of Arts & Creative Technologies, University of York – York (ENG)
Mary Bahl – Atlanta (USA)
Mary Mycroft, Head, Waltham Forest Music Service – London (ENG)
Matt Parry, Chair, Sound Progression – Cardiff (CYM)
Matthew Chinn, Associate Head, Junior Conservatoire of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Glasgow (SCT)
Megan Ohri – Sheffield (ENG)
Mia Patel, Events Management Student – Manchester (ENG)
Michael Crone, Teacher, Musica Kirklees – Castleford (ENG)
Michael Ellison, Professor of Composition, University of Bristol – Bristol (ENG)
Michael Ivins, Director, Ministry of Life Education – Cardiff (CYM)
Michael Whelan – Dunfermline (SCT)
Michelle McCormack, CEO, Drake Music Northern Ireland – Belfast (NIR)
Mike Newton, Head of Music, University of Edinburgh – Edinburgh (SCT)
Millie Gamble, Beavertown Brewery – London (ENG)
Mimi C – London (ENG)
Miroslav Spasov, Professor of Music, Keele University – Reading (ENG)
Miss Boast, Music Lover – Lincoln (ENG)
Molly Griffiths, Student – Cardiff (CYM)
Murray Hendrie, Selkirk Silver Band – Dalmellington (SCT)
Naomi Barker, Lecturer, The Open University – Gateshead (ENG)
Natalie Price – Nottingham (ENG)
Nicholas Jones, Head, Cardiff University School of Music – Cardiff (CYM)
Nick Dolling, Principal, Musica Kirklees – Liversedge (ENG)
Nick Griffiths – Northamptonshire (ENG)
Nick Lewis, River Music Project – Cardiff (CYM)
Nick Malyan, Cultural Sector – Sunderland (ENG)
Nicola Dunne, Facilitator, Youth Music – Edinburgh (SCT)
Niki Matthews, Musica Kirklees – Huddersfield (ENG)
Noelle Radzewicz – London (ENG)
Olivia Furness, Executive Director, Oi Musica – Edinburgh (SCT)
Owen Sanders, Music Mentor, Sound Progression – Aberdare (CYM)
Paul Cotton, Music Lover – Hebden Bridge (ENG)
Paul Main – Lincoln (ENG)
Paul Wickham, Educator – Dunfermline (SCT)
Pauline Latchem, Counsellor – London (ENG)
Peter Alexander, Amateur Musician – East Sussex (ENG)
Peter Brown – Wakefield (ENG)
Peter Chivers, Educator, Create Music – Sussex (ENG)
Peter Graham – Newcastle (ENG)
Peter Simons, Musica Kirklees – Huddersfield (ENG)
Philip Flood, Music & Arts Education Consultant – London (ENG)
Philip Malyan – Durham (ENG)
Phoebe Butler, Training Manager, British Association for Performing Arts Medicine – London (ENG)
Rachel Cundy, Parent – Sheffield (ENG)
Rachel Whiteman, Music Instructor, PKC – Perth & Kinross (SCT)
Rajmil Fischman, Emeritus Professor, Keele University – Keele (ENG)
Raylton Hanson, Music Lover – Darlington (ENG)
Rebecca Warne, DD8 Music – Angus (SCT)
Renuka Fernando, CEO, The Ed Sheeran Foundation – London (ENG)
Rhian Hutchings, Anthem Music Fund Wales – Cardiff (CYM)
Richard Bennett – Malvern (ENG)
Richard Gilbert-Cross, Writer – London (ENG)
Rob Malyan, Retired Drama Lecturer – Sheffield (ENG)
Robert Foster – Wilmslow (ENG)
Roddy Hawkins, Higher Education Representative, Music Mark / Lecturer, University of Manchester – Manchester (ENG)
Roger Mosedale – North Shields (ENG)
Ross Lippiatt – Bristol (ENG)
Rory Parker, Mental Health Manager, British Association for Performing Arts Medicine – London (ENG)
Roshna Ahmad – Canterbury (ENG)
Ruby Macklin – Leeds (ENG)
Ruth Lewis – Wealden District (ENG)
Ruth Marginson – Grantham (ENG)
Ruth Owen, Music Lover – Lincoln (ENG)
Ryan McGlone, Youth Work Co-Ordinator, Granton Youth – Dunfermline (SCT)
Sakshia Menendez, Innovator, Keychange – London (ENG)
Sam Malyan – Durham (ENG)
Sandra Schembri, CEO, Nordoff & Robbins Music Therapy / Chair, Power of Music for Health & Wellbeing Consortium – London (ENG)
Sara Wheeler-Zbos, Centre Co-ordinator, Musica Kirklees – Huddersfield (ENG)
Sarah Barton-Wales, Head, Leicestershire Music – Leicester (ENG)
Sarah Morrison, Lecturer, Ravensbourne University London – London (ENG)
Scott Dixon – North Shields (ENG)
Simone Snell – Lincoln (ENG)
Soo Bishop, Musician / Educator, Merton Music Foundation – London (ENG)
Stephanie Foster, Cornet Player – Bedford (ENG)
Stephen Brooks – Southampton (ENG)
Stephen Hillyard – Preston (ENG)
Stephen Maddock OBE, Principal, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Birmingham (ENG)
Stephen Pickering – Bristol (ENG)
Stephen Rees, Lecturer, Bangor University – Bangor (CYM)
Stephen Rose, Head of Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London – London (ENG)
Stuart Whatmore, Head, Tri-borough Music Hub – London (ENG)
Sue Macey, Granny – Weymouth (ENG)
Susan Berry, Retired Music Advisor – Manchester (ENG)
Susan Cotton, Tulliss Russell Mills Brass Band – Burntisland (SCT)
Suzi – Ware (ENG)
Suzanne Bull MBE, Founder, Attitude is Everything – London (ENG)
Teresa Cleary, Music Lover – Suffolk (ENG)
Thomas Irvine, Professor / Head of Music, University of Southampton – London (ENG)
Tim Bennett-Hart, CEO, RSL Awards – London (ENG)
Tim Buckley, Ministry of Life Education – Cardiff (CYM)
Tom Merry, Percussion Teacher, Musica Kirklees – Huddersfield (ENG)
Toni Andrews, Founder, Silkfutures – Cardiff (CYM)
Tracy Pallant, Oasis One World Choir – Cardiff (CYM)
Tushar Dhawan, Education – London (ENG)
Tyrone Alleyne-Warner, Cathay Youth & Community Centre – Cardiff (CYM)
Wayne Younger, Music Fan – Newcastle (ENG)
Wesley Case Jr, Cardiff Council Youth Services – Cardiff (CYM)
Wizdom Layne, Co-Director, Sound Connections – London (ENG)
Wyn Thomas, School of Music, Bangor University – Bangor (CYM)
Zachary Walker, University College London Institute of Education – London (ENG)
