New analysis by the Campaign for the Arts reveals that arts subjects now account for a smaller proportion of GCSE and A-level entries than at any time since 2010.
Five charts that tell us something about the health of the arts in the UK in 2025.
Arts programmes are among those at risk of being less available, prominent and discoverable on the streaming platforms of the UK’s public service broadcasters.
CFTA Director Jack Gamble reflects on the first year of this Labour Government, finding cause both for concern and for hope.
The Chancellor has made choices in this Spending Review that will affect the health of the arts for the next three years and beyond.
Every MP in the House of Commons has a constituent who has signed the Campaign for the Arts’ petition, urging the Chancellor to grow public investment in the arts and culture.
It comes just weeks before the Chancellor Rachel Reeves decides levels of spending on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport until at least 2029.
Lee’s trailblazing white paper of 1965 insisted that the arts should be central to everyday life and publicly supported for the benefit of all.
The Government has committed “over £270m” to an ‘Arts Everywhere Fund’, and green-lit £67m of investment in cultural infrastructure projects.
Scotland’s arts body has more than doubled the number of organisations it regularly funds, thanks to an increase in Scottish Government funding for which thousands of CFTA supporters campaigned.
The milestone is crossed as councils weigh further cuts in next year’s budgets. The Campaign for the Arts has launched an open call for information from the public.
The Welsh Government has slightly increased its investment in culture in next year’s draft Budget, but last year’s cuts have not been fully reversed.
The Scottish Government has significantly increased its investment in culture, improving prospects for artists and organisations at a critical moment.
The Chancellor announced a number of tax and spending measures that could affect the health of the arts in the UK.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP, has unveiled the 2024 Autumn Budget. It contains a number of tax and spending measures that could