A commissioner’s views on priorities and opportunities
Linden Rowley interviews Christian Markandu about the priorities for his commissioning service and the opportunities for arts and…
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When the cold, hard cash runs out
Guy Nicholson shares his views on the changing role of local government in supporting London’s arts and culture.
Funding situation is “critical”, say Core Cities
Local authorities in the UK’s largest cities are calling for a fairer share of government arts funding and devolution of cul…
EXCLUSIVE: London authorities fail to pull their weight
London’s boroughs are relying on Arts Council England to make good a shortfall in their own arts funding relative to local a…
NAO reveals the impact of Council cuts
Cultural services have seen bigger cuts than social care but are not the worst affected, according to a National Audit Office repo…
Wales fears the impact of council cuts
It is becoming increasingly less likely that culture and arts services will be able to play a meaningful part in delivering the Go…
Regional funding imbalance “must be urgently rectified”
Greater fairness in Lottery funding would help to redress the wider geographic arts funding imbalance that sees London benefit &ld…
Save our music libraries
Local authority cuts mean that some libraries are no longer lending music scores to amateur groups. Barbara Eifler explains why sh…
Local authorities playing it safe, report warns
The trend for closing arts services is continuing, with over a third of local authorities in England and Wales left with no arts o…
Arts and culture valued by vast majority of local authorities
NLGN praises local authorities seeking new models for delivering arts and culture, and calls on more to do the same in the face of…
£18m boost for music education
Government announces extra funds and ends fears that local authorities will be asked to terminate music services.
Poor areas suffer highest local authority arts cuts
Shadow Culture Minister used Freedom of Information to reveal the impact of Government cuts on local authority spend on culture an…
Lottery funding landscape laid bare
The distribution of Lottery funding for the arts is a closed system, operating for the benefit of a small number of arts organisat…
Pressure mounts on councils to cut music education funding
The Department for Education is warning that there should be no money in local authority education budgets for extra-curricular mu…
The community rights challenge
Can our theatres be considered as ‘community theatres’ and be listed as Assets of Community Value? Mhora Samuel discus…
ACE rules out separate strategy for rural areas
Partnerships with Defra, local authorities and LEPs will be key to delivering the Arts Council’s strategy in rural communiti…
The commissioning game
Do commissions from funding bodies based on measurable outcomes really benefit arts organisations? Ross Harvie reflects…
Shadow Culture Minister stands up for the regions
Arts Council England must act to avert the regional crisis growing from local authority arts funding cuts, says Helen Goodman.
New ACE strategy: Keep calm and carry on…
Arts Council England's update of its 10-year 'strategic framework' makes for sober and serious reading. But while ther…
Festivals for the future
Gillian Taylor looks at how festivals can involve communities in making site-responsive works that create a sense of pride in lost…
Tight times
Arts Development UK’s latest survey on arts spending in local authorities in England and Wales reveals a "dramatic and…
Scotland looks at best practice for musical tuition
Greater collaboration between local authorities could improve opportunities for instrumental music tuition in Scotland, says lates…
One-stop-shop for impact evidence
A new online resource aims to help officers working in local authorities to make a better case for the role of the arts in achievi…
Arts sector is “scaremongering” says Minister
Vaizey's rejects any notion of 'the arts in crisis' but local authority survey findings tell a different story.
