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Falkirk council to switch culture and leisure services to trust status

Council claims summer move will save £1m a year

Glasgow Life to shed 300 posts in aim to save £10m

Cuts at culture trust will affect museum service

MA concerned over Bolton plans for disposal

Council refuses to say which objects it will sell

Our Place network saved

English Heritage drops site because of cuts

Renaissance update expected this week

ACE and MLA planning to publish progress update

Bradford council makes Jane Glaister redundant

Ex-MA president is first senior manager to go in council-wide restructure

Local authorities pile pressure on arts and heritage

Cuts Monitor reveals the scale and extent of cuts

London Councils funding shake-up may hit culture

Changes to grants programme will lead to services being provided on a local basis

Kids charter is launched

The campaign group Kids in Museums has launched its 2011 manifesto. Speaking at the launch at the London Transport Museum, patron Mariella Frostrup said there was concern about different generations not talking to each other, but museums could solve this “inter-generational silence”. “Museums are the best place to go to with your granny,” she said. …

New director for Wallace

In-house appointment to replace retiring director

End of Museum of

Museum of Museums in Manchester closes after just five months

In brief

Tourism spend to rise - IWM to mark centenary - Museums' joint initiative - Stolen art recovered