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DCMS facing 25 per cent budget cut

Emergency budget outlines £61bn spending cuts

Additional funding for Scottish museums

Two Scottish museums have been awarded additional funding of £220,000 from Museums Galleries Scotland

Academy for Europe set up

Netherlands is home to not-for-profit institution

Renaissance hubs embark on £1m worth of savings

Fall in MLA's budget requires hubs to make cost-cutting measures

Ulster Museum beats competition to scoop £100,000 Art Fund Prize

First Northern Irish winner for museum prize

Funding news

Skilling up

World news digest

Afghanistan: The first museum dedicated to the mujahideen, the rebels who fought the Soviet Union during its occupation of Afghanistan (1979-89), has opened in the western city of Herat. The exhibits include portraits of 50 dead commanders and a 360° diorama that depicts the mujahideen’s victory over the Russians in Herat.China: Several museums have opened …

Museum of Docklands drops admission charge

London museum hopes VAT savings will make up for lost revenue

Hunt warns cultural sector to prepare for cuts

Government reveals a reform of arts funding, but a tough public spending settlement

Spending cuts unveiled

The years of "public sector plenty" are over, warns chancellor

MLA London is integrated into national body

Switch involves four redundancies

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