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RSSThe Stage: ACE warns funded organisations to plan for 10% cuts in 2011
Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey has written to all regularly funded organisations telling them to prepare for at least a 10% reduction in their subsidy next year. Alan Davey has written to organisations receiving Arts Council funding to warn them to prepare for future cuts
UK’s cultural leaders: You can cut us but don’t kill us
Leaders of Britain's most prominent cultural institutions - speaking on behalf of organisations across the whole country - appealed directly to the Prime Minister not to cause irreparable damage to our most economically successful sector in the imminent Spending Review.
Arts Council England implements cuts to 2010/11 budget
Arts Council England have announced how it plans to implement the £19 million reduction in its current year budget.
The Stage: A Night Less Ordinary ticket scheme to be “curtailed”
A Night Less Ordinary, Arts Council England’s free ticket scheme for under-26 year olds, is to be “curtailed” under plans unveiled by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to make £73 million of savings.
ACE to outline £19m savings next week
Arts Council England is to announce how it will make the £19 million of in-year savings demanded of it by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on Monday June 21.
Arts Council England told to make £19 million of in-year cuts
Arts Council England has been told to make a total of £19 million of in-year cuts under Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne’s £6.2 billion programme of cost reductionss. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport was asked to make £88 million of savings - of which £27 million will come from the Olympics budget. A 3% cut will be made to the DCMS’ core budget, while a 3% cut will also be passed on to all bodies within the DCMS sector.
The Stage: Venue closures on cards, warns Equity chief
Equity general secretary Christine Payne has warned of difficult times ahead for the theatre sector, claiming she expects to see more venues facing the threat of closure over the next year, as cuts to public sector funding begin to bite.
The Stage: Jeremy Hunt asks DCOMS to plan for £66m cut to budget
Newly appointed culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked civil servants at the Department for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport to investigate how the department can make savings to cover £66 million of cuts.
Stage: ACE warns against arts cuts after election
Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey has warned any future government against cutting public funding for the arts, arguing that not only will it affect the cultural quality of life in the country but will also be economically damaging.
National: Arts jobs at risk as councils cut spending
Job and service cuts proposed by councils struggling to cope with the economic downturn have sparked fears for the future of local arts provision across England and Wales. Both the National Campaign for the Arts and the National Association of Local Government Arts Officers have warned that non-statutory services such as culture are likely to be first hit when authorities implement cost-cutting drives
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