Press Releases
CFTA responds to Autumn Budget 2024
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
30/10/2024
News and views
Press Releases
CFTA urges immediate action from the Scottish Government to prevent “cultural catastrophe”
Emergency petition launches as vital support for Scotland’s freelance artists is shut down, and core funding for nearly 300 organisations hangs in the balance.
21/08/2024
Explainers
Exam results show further collapse in arts enrolment, deepening a 15-year decline
New analysis by the Campaign for the Arts shows that arts subjects now account for a smaller proportion of GCSE and A-level entries than at any time since 2010.
15/08/2024
Updates
Melvyn Bragg responds to THE STATE OF THE ARTS report
Responding to our newly-published report with the University of Warwick, The State of the Arts, Lord Melvyn Bragg has called on the UK to change course as a matter
24/07/2024
Press Releases
CFTA and the University of Warwick publish THE STATE OF THE ARTS report
A new report from the Campaign for the Arts and The University of Warwick has unveiled a crisis in the UK’s arts and culture sector.
22/07/2024
Press Releases
CFTA partners with What Next? for THE ARTS HUSTINGS 2024
The Campaign for the Arts will invite supporters and the public to hear directly from the political parties on their policies for the arts and culture.
20/06/2024
Explainers
General Election 2024: What are the parties pledging for the arts?
Ahead of the UK General Election on 4th July 2024, political parties are publishing their manifestos. Manifestos help all of us decide how to vote
13/06/2024
Press Releases
CFTA backs ‘Give an X’ campaign to boost voter registration and turnout
An open letter from Give an X and the Campaign for the Arts calls on everyone in the UK to use their vote, following a sharp decline in turnout of younger voters.
14/04/2024
Updates
Labour pledges to reverse declines in arts education
The Opposition referenced analysis by the Campaign for the Arts, showing a 47% drop in entries to GCSE arts subjects.
16/03/2024
Updates
What did the 2024 Spring Budget mean for the arts?
The Chancellor announced welcome new tax measures and investments from central government – but local arts funding remains in crisis, and implied cuts to public spending could be disastrous.
06/03/2024
Press Releases
Statement on Birmingham City Council funding cuts
We are dismayed that Birmingham, the UK’s second city, will lose almost all its council funding for the arts over the next 2 years. Defunding
22/02/2024
Press Releases
Statement on changes to Arts Council England’s policies for regularly-funded organisations
We share concern about changes to Arts Council England’s policies for regularly-funded organisations – new cautions about activity that is As the Arts Council acknowledges,
14/02/2024
Updates
Highlights from the House of Lords’ arts debate
Melvyn Bragg brought a debate to the House of Lords on ‘the contribution of the arts to the economy and society’. Here are some of the highlights.
09/02/2024
Updates
Melvyn Bragg leads Lords debate on the arts
The Government said they “agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments” put forward by Lord Bragg, acknowledging that the arts “remain an integral part of our national life” and are “an essential part of what makes life worth living”.
05/02/2024
Updates
Birmingham City Council seeks public views ahead of major cuts
Birmingham City Council is asking local residents “what matters most”, before proposals are drawn up to implement around £300 million of cuts over the next
16/01/2024