Classical Music

24 Jul 2024

Britain lags behind Europe in arts funding while arts education faces ‘structural funding crisis’

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A major new report paints a bleak picture of arts funding across the UK, as well as ‘catastrophic declines’ in participation and enrolment in the arts in state schools.

Figures set out in The State of the Arts, researched by the Campaign for the Arts and The University of Warwick, reveal that the UK cut its culture budget by 6% between 2010 and 2022. Meanwhile, Germany increased its budget by 22%, France by 25% and Finland by 70%.