OPINION - No wonder London is losing its artists, we are pricing them out

As the cost of living crisis deepns it’s beginning to leave a permanent fault line that is getting wider every year.After years of cutting funding to state schools and curtailing arts education, the disparities between the haves and have nots in our capital are clearer than ever. This financial gap has created a permanent divergence in our city that acts like a moat preventing people from working class backgrounds from achieving a career in the arts. I personally see myself as one of the last generations of artists from a blue collar background who were lucky enough to have had help that supported me realising my dream of becoming a full time artist living in London.