In a letter to all supporters of the Campaign for the Arts, our trustee Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason reacts to the news that the University of Nottingham will close its music department after more than a century.
The Shadow Culture Secretary told us £700m of the £1bn would come from cancelling an “unallocated” budget increase – but we can find no unallocated £700m in the Government’s published plans, leaving the arts far more exposed than the Conservatives have acknowledged.
Our evidence on the BBC’s arts and cultural role was cited by committees in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, ahead of Government decisions that will have far-reaching consequences not only for broadcasting, but for our whole creative ecosystem and society.