Councils dismayed by cultural blow

By Dan Peters | 23 November 2017

Leeds City Council’s leader has been left dismayed after the European Commission said a British city cannot be European Capital of Culture in 2023.

Cllr Judith Blake said she was ‘hugely frustrated’ that Leeds’ bid appears to have been scuppered by Brexit.

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