Andrew Lloyd Webber forms supergroup to call on government for music education support

Andrew Lloyd Webber has formed a “supergroup” of musicians, from pop stars to world-renowned violinists, who are urging the government to support music education in disadvantaged areas. Lord Lloyd Webber, along with an all-star line-up including Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher and Dua Lipa, is calling for additional funding for his charity Music in Secondary Schools Trust (MiSST), which provides musical instruments and lessons to children. Formed 10 years ago, the charity is seeking more public funding in order to reach more deprived areas in the UK where its work would prove hugely beneficial. The trust says that children in the schools it has worked with to date managed to increase their predicted exam marks by half a grade across all subjects.