London mayor pledges to create affordable artists’ studios

As sky-high rents continue to price artists out of London, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today announced plans to set up a trust to finance and secure affordable artists studios across the UK capital. Drawing on a combination of public and private funds, the Creative Land Trust will offer loans for studio providers looking to buy their buildings, as well as ensuring that workspaces are permanently protected.Khan is working with a group of entrepreneurs and philanthropists called Studiomakers