“Creative Scotland cannot invest funds it does not have,” Jack Gamble, director of UK art alliance Campaign for the Arts, told the BBC. “If the government continues to withhold information and resources, cultural organizations will shortly lose the vital support that, astonishingly, all individual artists have now lost.”

Gamble called the impact of the cuts “devastating” and noted that their effects would ripple out to the broader populace. “Art and culture are not luxuries—they are an essential part of a healthy, thriving society,” he said. “We urge the Scottish government to deliver on their commitments and increase support before any more damage is done.”