The new Happy Mondays programme will focus on around 95 venues all over England. Each will offer a proportion of the free tickets for arts productions to anyone under 26. Attendance at national museums has been boosted by 98 per cent following the introduction of free entry. Burnham said that about 300 councils – more than 8 in every 10 in England – had signed up to make swimming free for over 60s...


.gif)