Proposals for a taskforce to help ‘get the music industry back on its feet’ and a petition to increase royalties for s…

Delivering solutions to social and economic problems after the pandemic will require policy-makers in different areas to “re…

Elsewhere in the world national lotteries are being run in ways that don’t rely on the profits from gambling, while providin…

Subsidy doesn’t shield or separate arts activities from the economic system; it enables them to be part of it, says Stephen…

As governments start to draw up plans for supporting the post-virus cultural sector, the voices of those working in it are the mos…

Post-Covid, the twin pillars of cultural policy should be social justice and environmental concern – but collectively we hav…

The Labour MP’s recent report on the role of culture confronted “the perception, and the reality” that arts, cul…

Urgent letters to the Chancellor of the Exchequer are already highlighting the plight of arts workers and businesses falling throu…

The financial fallout from the cancellation and postponement of hundreds of orchestral performances is taking a heavy toll on both…

£11m for Scotland, £7m for Wales and £1m for Northern Ireland as their arts councils announce plans to support o…

As cultural venues sit empty, a national audit finds the UK's museums in dire condition.

Disabled artists say their safety, security and insight into limited lifestyles are crucial during this crisis. 

As stopgap measures grow in number, some arts workers will still fall through the cracks.

Arts Council England has drawn on reserves and Lottery grants to save the sector from an "unsustainable loss of revenues&quot…

Surveys say 70% fear they can't pay the bills, 60% expect their income to halve and 50% have lost all their scheduled wor…

Arts workers, unions and membership organisations react to UK-wide closures and the “unmanageable risks” presented by…

Plans are in place for Government-backed loans, but sector leaders say they fail to support the freelance arts workforce.

Grant funding will be ‘refocussed’ as freelancers rally to support each other – but there may not be enough cash…

Sector bodies have thanked audiences for continuing to attend shows as a growing number of performances, tours and events are canc…

Where ACE once sought to democratise high culture, it now emphasises subjective creativity. Has this made the idea of an ‘au…

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed business rate cuts for small music venues and millions more pounds for arts education. But so…

Advocates hope the funder’s upcoming delivery plan will address concerns its strategy does not support communities’ in…

Amid the hand wringing and the hand washing, let’s not forget the workforce, says Amanda Parker.

What happens when an internationally acclaimed theatre producer is accused of cultural insensitivity? He puts on another productio…