V&A boss proud of funding from US family linked to opioid crisis

Tristram Hunt says museum is grateful for support of Sacklers, owners of Purdue Pharma

The director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tristram Hunt, has said he is proud that the museum has received financial support from the Sacklers, the multibillionaire family of art philanthropists accused of profiting from the US opioid crisis.

"We receive very generous support from the Sackler family and we're grateful for that," Hunt told BBC Radio Four's Today programme.