This statement comes after a decade of steadily decreasing public funding for the cultural sector, with aid for UK arts organisations falling by 18% between 2010 and 2023. A 2024 report by the Campaign for the Arts and the University of Warwick found that government spending on culture in the UK is poor compared to other European countries. While they found that the National Lottery funding for arts projects increased by 19% between 2010 and 2023c, they noted the considerable fluctuations over the decade and the negative impact of the pandemic. Additionally, the BBC’s total funding decreased by 23%.