With austerity potentially on the horizon, arts and culture organisations must not be the victims of Liz Truss’s failed economic experiment and a misguided austerity response to it.
Many of their members got no support from the coronavirus income protection schemes, Simon Sapper writes.
If they didn’t thank Rishi Sunak’s Treasury, they wouldn’t get the cash.
A playwright compares the parties’ plans on funding, education and sustainability in the arts.
The government’s approach to the arts in health is ideological – not principled.
The possibility for regeneration through culture is clear
Alex Hern looks at the government’s new film policy, and asks if they know how to deal with the arts.
Reaction to the Arts Council’s strategic funding plan, and an explanation of why the government’s 30 per cent cuts to the arts budget are economically insane.
New research by the UCU has revealed that more than one in three of England’s universities could find themselves in real trouble as a result of government cuts.
Last week thousands of students and academics marched on parliament to protest against sweeping changes to higher education funding. The coalition government has announced an astonishing 80 per cent cut in public funding for higher education. As a result, fees will treble to £9,000 per year. Students will foot the bill as government withdraws.
