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Middlesbrough Mayor argues "if we censor Chubby Brown then we have to censor lots of acts".

The Chief Executive of the London Borough’s Council said the year-long programme would examine the relationship between powe…

As Manchester City Council races to get the venue finished for 2021, only a third of construction packages have been awarded.

We spend too much time trying to learn lessons from cities and apply them in other places, argues Brendan Keaney. It’s time…

Middlesbrough’s Mayor allegedly demanded the Town Hall book Roy Chubby Brown against concerns the show will be offensive and…

Auditors warned that urgent action was needed to avert overspending and delays to the project before planning permission for four…

Both Glasgow and Edinburgh were ranked higher than London on a cultural and creative index compiled by the European Commission.

Before praising the Culture Secretary for “responding so positively” to the financial crisis facing the cultural secto…

A festival left with a £30,000 deficit after Waltham Forest’s decision claims the authority is “seeking to justi…

Andrew Pinnock says City of Culture planners should spend less time making up positive-sounding stories they think they can sell,…

A 40% cut in funding over a decade, with 19% of cuts made in the past year: arts groups call for government action on the crisis f…

A £1bn redevelopment of the events centre is expected to create a “substantial increase in both the quantity of arts a…

The Shadow Culture Secretary said “a crude skills and salary approach to migration simply won’t work for the creative…

England’s rural arts leaders have serious concerns about the future of their organisations and are calling for more support…

Relocating Kinetika’s work in carnival, outdoor and participatory arts to rapidly-changing Thurrock has allowed the company…

Four years after the scheme was launched, only a third of partnerships believe they are established and delivering.

To unlock the full value of culture, Arts Council England needs to support villages, towns and cities across the country to work t…

Waltham Forest has backtracked on an offer of £35k funding for a festival whose legacy formed part of the evidence used to s…

The reversal of a decade-long pattern of decline has been credited to changes in policy including the end of the “discrimina…

Culture and heritage budgets across England are starting to settle as unitary authorities spend more.

Birmingham City Council decided a proposed 30% cut would have been too “damaging”, but says there is still an urgent n…

Artistic excellence and effective governance are key to the success of major public cultural programmes, writes Nigel Hinds.

A report into the pilot placemaking programme says beneficiaries “should review the ambition of their projects against pract…