BREAKING: Baroness Hodge touted to lead Arts Council England review
Labour Peer Baroness Hodge is thought to have been selected to lead a review of Arts Council England (ACE), according to a report…
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Welsh arts get ‘disappointing’ uplift in ‘optimistic budget’
The Welsh government has allocated the culture sector an additional £6m in its draft budget proposal for 2025-2026, following an…
Bryant reveals timeline for grassroots music ticket levy
Arts Minister Chris Bryant has said the government wants to see a voluntary levy on arena and stadium tickets to come into effect…
Starmer signs deals to share UK’s cultural expertise with Saudi Arabia
The UK government has made multiple partnership deals agreeing to share the country’s “top-tier” expertise in culture, herit…
Future of Heritage Schools programme yet to be decided
The government has not confirmed if it will continue to finance Historic England’s Heritage Schools programme beyond the end of th…
Scottish budget: Huge ‘relief’ that arts and culture funding will rise by £34m
The Scottish government has pledged to make a series of funding increases to the country’s arts and culture sector as part of it…
From actor to mayor: Banging the drum for culture
Following a thirty-year career as an actor and writer before entering politics in 2016, West Yorkshire’s Mayor Tracy Brabin shar…
Arts Council Wales to receive £1m new funding
That Welsh government has announced that arts and cultural organisations will receive £1m in new funding in this financial year,…
Badenoch lashes out at Labour for settling Kneecap discrimination case
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has defended a controversial decision she took as a minister to withdraw a government arts…
Nandy announces next phase of CoSTAR creative tech network
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has announced the next phase of UKRI’s Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (…
RSC to research AI through creative clusters funding
Cultural organisations, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Birmingham REP and Birmingham Opera Company, will take part in re…
DCMS public bodies ‘may face financial sustainability issues’
Some of the public bodies sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) could struggle to continue to operate du…
Bryant vows to boost arts and culture tourism
The government will seek to improve transport links to encourage tourists to visit arts and culture destinations throughout the UK…
Privately educated pupils still outperform peers in creative GCSEs
Private school pupils in England continue to achieve better GCSE results than their state school counterparts in art, drama and mu…
Vadera appointed to lead Creative Industries Council
The Culture Secretary LISA NANDY has directly appointed Baroness SHRITI VADERA as co-chair of the Creative Industries Council (CIC…
‘End school trips to middle-class museums and theatres’ curriculum review told
Schools should reduce “middle-class activities” such as museum and theatre trips and remove references to them from exam quest…
Irish political parties pledge to retain Basic Income for the Arts
Several Irish parties have included support for the country’s Basic Income for the Arts scheme as part of their manifestos for t…
Vaizey moots arts and culture mergers to ensure ‘sustainable future’
The arts and culture sector needs to ’embrace innovation’ to deal with financial pressures caused by reduced income and rising cos…
Peers call for clarity on ‘elephant trap’ autumn budget for the arts
Members of the House of Lords have criticised last month’s budget for failing to do enough to support arts and culture, with one p…
Katy Perry ‘proud’ to donate £1 from every UK ticket to grassroots music venues
Katy Perry has announced she will donate £1 from every ticket sold for her forthcoming UK concerts to support grassroots venues a…
Nandy asked for ‘clarity’ on timescale for music venue levy
The Culture Media and Sport Committee (CMS) has called on Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy to provide clarity over the timescale for d…
Government expected to amend gift aid legislation
Legislation included in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024, which could see charities lose out on bein…
Libraries should capitalise on appeal as community hubs, report recommends
Promoting libraries as social spaces could help overcome access barriers, a new report finds. Carried out on behalf of the Departm…
Call for central AI infrastructure to help culture sector ‘monetise content’
Arts Council England and UK government should work together to develop centralised artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure to…
