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Spending and saving
Initial reactions to the 2010 coalition Spending Review
Spending and saving
"Cuts to the arts are too fast and too deep." Shadow Culture Secretary, Ivan Lewis »
"I have been able to limit the cuts to our core cultural and sporting organisations to 15% over four years." Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport »
"It’s a rum day when cuts of 15% can now be greeted with some measure of relief." Louise de Winter, director of the National Campaign for the Arts (NCA) »
Cuts to Arts Council funding will have "a significant impact on the cultural life of this country'." Alan Davey, Arts Council Chief Executive »
Arts Council England responds to 29.6% cuts. Visit the ACE website »
For more info on the Spending Review visit the DCMS website. »
Spending and saving - your viewsYour responses on #artsfunding tweets
@philpowell: 25.8% of people agreed with the statement ‘The arts are not for people like me’. Time to redefine "arts"?
@smithalistair: So, ACE has to make 29% cash cut. They will then have to turn this into 15% cut to RFOs. I hope they have magic calculators.
@SusanJonesArts: Co-operation, co-learning, collaboration, co-communication - a new concept/era for British culture #artistsatcentre
@matttrueman: If RFO cuts are capped at 15%, presumably Grants for the Arts are open for descimation? Does anyone know?
@eden_arts: while i worry about our #artsfunding I worry for the poorest more - caught in the #povertytrap
@SaschaEv: Mr Cunningham from Happy Days dies on the same day that #artsfunding cuts are announced. Coincidence? I THINK NOT
First published: a-n.co.uk November 2010
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