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Welsh arts get ‘disappointing’ uplift in ‘optimistic budget’

The Welsh government has an additional £1.5bn to allocate across its 2025-2026 budget compared with last year, when Drakeford said the cabinet ‘faced the most difficult settlement in the history of devolution’.

Mary Stone
4 min read

The Welsh government has allocated the culture sector an additional £6m in its draft budget proposal for 2025-2026, following an £11.9m funding cut to the sector last year.
The increase is part of a b...

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