More Luvvies for Labour! Bill Nighy, Hugh Bonneville, Imelda Staunton and Keeley Hawes line up to back Keir Starmer in election

Keir Starmer was backed by a host of stars from the arts today as the Left mounts a final push towards the election.

Bill Nighy, Hugh Bonneville, Imelda Staunton, Keeley Hawes and Grayson Perry are among the big names who have signed a letter endorsing Labour to 'end to the political chaos'.

The party has traditionally enjoyed strong support from the creative industry, although it is unclear how much voters are swayed by such interventions.

Hugh Bonneville (right) and Keeley Hawes (left) are among the big names who have signed a letter endorsing Labour to 'end to the political chaos'

Labour has traditionally enjoyed strong support from the creative industry, although it is unclear how much voters are swayed by such interventions (Keir Starmer pictured)

Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy are also listed as having backed the letter in the Times today

Some 131 senior figures from the sector put their names to the letter urging 'change' published in the Times.

'As leaders, investors and practitioners in the creative industries we believe that our country needs change,' the missive stated.

'We want a government that will value the creative industries and put them at the heart of the drive for growth. Our industry would benefit from the ambition of a Labour government.'

The letter argued that Labour would 'end the political chaos of recent years and ensure economic stability'. 

The support comes despite widespread praise the the Tories' £1.5billion culture recovery fund during the pandemic. There have also been major tax breaks for the film industry.

Former National Theatre director Sir Nicholas Hytner, classical musician Alison Balsom, and theatre producer Sonia Friedman were also on the list.

Labour's manifesto does not focus heavily on the arts, but does include a pledge to 'support children to study a creative or vocational subject until they are 16'.

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said the Conservatives would press ahead with a £50billion growth plan for the creative industries, aiming to generate a million new jobs.

The letter comes after an extraordinary row between Kemi Badenoch and David Tennant about gender identity issues, after the Dr Who actor told an LGBT event he wished the Equalities Minister would 'shut up' and spoke of a world where she 'doesn't exist any more'.

Ms Badenoch hit back branding Tennant a 'rich, lefty, white male celebrity' who was 'blinded by ideology'.

Doctor Who actor David Tennant said at an LGBT event this week that he wished Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch would 'shut up' and spoke of a world where she 'doesn't exist any more'