A temporary export ban was placed on Stanley Spencer's 1915 painting The Resurrection of the Good and the Bad, according to a government announcement of 11 September 2026. The diptych, in oil on canvas with each panel around 80 x 63 cm, shows the Good on the left panel and the Bad on the right, arising on the Day of Judgement. Spencer made the work before his First World War service. The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest recommended the ban, finding the painting met the third Waverley criterion for its significance to the study of Spencer and his Resurrection theme.

The decision on the export licence application was deferred for an initial period ending on 10 December 2026 inclusive, during which expressions of interest from an appropriate purchaser were invited. The source stated that a 15 business day consideration period for offers at the recommended price of £450,000 would follow, and that a second deferral period of four months would begin after an Option Agreement was signed. Arts Minister Ruth Mackenzie said she hoped the export bar could allow public access to the piece; committee member Mark Hallett called the work crucial to understanding a central strand of Spencer's practice.