Arts minister keen for project celebrating links between notable figures and where they lived to be rolled out across England

The official blue plaques scheme could be extended outside of London to honour notable figures and their connections to buildings across England.

The project, run in London by English Heritage, celebrates the links between historically significant people and the buildings in which they lived and worked.

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