Cuts

Welsh Government urged to rethink ‘catastrophic’ heritage cuts

Committee recommends reduced cut for monuments and more support for national collections after warnings from sector

Councils spend 23% less per head on museums than they did 15 years ago

Arts council report lays bare extent of local authority funding crisis in England

Museums under threat as councils prepare for new wave of austerity

Venues in Hampshire face closure while Suffolk cuts all funding for culture

Welsh Government urged to reconsider sweeping cuts to museums and heritage

Draft budget for 2024-25 is proposing cuts of 11.2% for culture and the arts

Uncertainty for Nottingham Museums as council outlines budget cuts

Alternative delivery models are being considered

Autumn Statement 2023: what does it mean for museums?

Changes to cultural tax reliefs and a boost for workers - but flat spending means departments will feel the pinch

Civic museums grapple with existential crisis

With several councils in England facing financial meltdown, there is an urgent need to create a new deal for local authority-funded institutions

Scotland’s museums are at a tipping point

After more than a decade of funding cuts, some services are struggling to finance education and outreach programmes. Jonathan Knott finds that the existing model may not be sustainable

Petition launched against reimposed 10% cut to Creative Scotland

Campaigners warn that thousands of jobs are at risk after £6.6m cut was brought back

Trades Union Congress calls for end to ‘second class pay’ in heritage sector

Motion carried to recognise value of heritage and develop sustainable funding model

Museums at risk as local authority funding crisis intensifies

Uncertainty for institutions in Woking, Birmingham and Hampshire as councils cut costs

Camilla Hampshire to leave RAMM as council cuts costs

Exeter City Council is restructuring its services due to ‘significant financial challenges’