Singers Elton John, Harry Stiles, Rapper Stormzy and Central Cee and the Coldplay band are among artists who support his appeal Ed Syran to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Kir Starmer to commit to funding of 250 million English pounds for music education.

The English singer-singer, who created the Ed Syran Foundation, is campaigning to finance music education in schools, education teachers and securing resources for music events, according to The Guardian.

Ed Syran wrote: “As an industry, we bring 7.6 billion English pounds to the United Kingdom economy, but the next generation is not there to take over the reins. Last year was the first in more than 20 years without a single single or album in the United Kingdom on the World Top 10 Chart. “

Syran called on the UK government to set up a cross -sectional working group to work on these issues to ensure that music education remains high on the agenda.

“The time to act is now. State schools – where 93% of children in the country study – have reduced music lessons by 21% … We also need to defend music education. Artists and Industry in the United Kingdom cannot successfully respond to the world stage without schools, youth clubs and music scenes » He stressed.

“We are calling for collective resources for musical education of 250 million English pounds in the United Kingdom this spring to correct the damage to the abolition of music for decades … Music in and out of school must be for everyone, not for a few” pointed out.

A 2025 report by Music Mark, the British Association for Music Education, found that the Labor Government had inherited a deficit of £ 161.4 million in its budget to secure the future of music education over the next five years.

Before winning the 2024 elections, Starmer, who was playing a flute in his childhood years, talked about the joys of travel with his youth orchestra and stressed that he wanted “passionately” to reverse the “degradation of creative arts and music” in state schools.

Annie Lennox, Dave, Paloma Faith, Yolanda Brown and Sleaford Mods are also among the 500 representatives from the music industry who signs the appeal.