Frazer extends government’s Creative Growth programme
Six areas across England are to be awarded a share of £10.9m to scale up hundreds of creative industry businesses. Culture S…
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Exclusive: Creative and Cultural Skills to close
Loss of core Arts Council England funding a significant factor in the decision to close organisation established 18 years ago…
Music teacher training bursaries set to return
The Department for Education has announced that trainee music teachers at secondary level will be entitled to a bursary of £…
UK needs a ‘creativity bank’
The UK urgently needs an investment initiative for the cultural and creative industries, similar to those that exist for social en…
Belfast Council votes to contest arts cuts
Belfast City Council has voted in favour of a motion to support a campaign calling for a reversal of arts cuts in Northern Ireland…
MU calls on government to save UK orchestras
The General Secretary of the Musician’s Union (MU) has called on the Chancellor and Culture Secretary to take urgent action…
Labour challenge to Creative Scotland cuts rejected
A bid by Scottish Labour to reverse the government’s decision to cut art funding by £6.6m has been rejected by MSPs. T…
Culture is essential infrastructure
Imagine a world without culture. How would we orient and co-ordinate our actions? How would we generate new ideas? How would we kn…
SNP leader pledges to double Scottish culture budget
The promise from SNP leader Humza Yousaf comes a week after cuts to Creative Scotland's funding went ahead despite the proposa…
Scottish artists making a better world
Artist activists in Scotland are arming themselves – with squeegees – in a battle to change the hearts and minds of th…
Northern Ballet orchestra cuts highlighted at Labour conference
The Musicians Union (MU) has used the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to draw attention to proposals to cut Northern Ballet&r…
Debbonaire unveils National Culture Infrastructure Plan
Shadow Culture Secretary also reiterates importance of creative curriculum and commits to action on visa waiver system for artists…
Labour: A new deal for arts funding?
As the Labour Party convenes in Liverpool this week for its annual conference, Eliza Easton calls for fresh thinking fro…
Minister makes ‘gold-plated’ pledge to restore arts funding
The Scottish Culture Secretary has assured MSPs that Creative Scotland's budget will be restored next year after re-imposing a…
New approach to city metrics
A new index offers expert insights into the cultural resources of more than 500 cities worldwide, making it the only creative city…
Bristol artists label funding delay ‘cruel and disrespectful’
Arts organisations and Equity members in Bristol claim they are struggling financially after the city council paused its cultural…
Scottish government criticised over ‘betrayal of culture sector’
A cut to the funding Creative Scotland receives from the Scottish government is going ahead, despite the proposals being dropped e…
Theatre productions paused amid fears of tax law changes
Government says it wants to make changes to legislation around cultural tax reliefs to "provide clarity to the industry,"…
North of England ‘creative corridor’ prototype to launch
Concept previously backed by Labour will see clusters of creative and cultural activity across the North of England linked up to c…
Renewed calls for freelance commissioner
Culture, Media and Sport Committee hears from sector leaders that more joined-up thinking is required to address precarity of crea…
Mental health of arts professionals needs urgent action
The many stresses experienced by people working in the arts are frequently – and rightly – in the news. David Cutler t…
Second report questions Scottish arts funding
A new report submitted to the Scottish government has warned that £104m of additional funding is required to secure the…
DJ warns of ‘boys’ club’ music industry where freelance women feel ‘unsafe’
The DJ and author Annie Macmanus has told MPs that the music industry is "a boys' club" with a system “r…
Projects receive £3.1m to measure value of culture
Six projects that aim to evaluate the value of culture and heritage to society have been announced as part of the Department for C…
