Arts sector associations are pushing their policy goals ahead of the new Budget, due to be announced next week.
Performers' union Equity is visiting Number 10 on Friday to press for support for the creative industries. As well as increased investment in the arts and arts education, Equity is asking for protections for the BBC and a European visa for creative professionals.
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UK Music CEO Tom Keihl has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to emphasise the music industry's contribution to the economy and urge the Government to adopt the assocation's four-point plan to boost its growth: fiscal incentives, international trade support, shared parental leave for the self-employed and rehearsal rooms for young people in low-income areas.
A separate open letter asking the Government to reconsider its withdrawl from Creative Europe is being circulated online. It has already amassed several hundred signatures.