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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Vanessa Thorpe

Britain behind Europe in arts funding and education, ‘crisis’ report shows

A composite photo of people protesting with signs reading
Entertainment industry workers protest against arts funding cuts in 2022. ‘What is required is a fundamental shift in our thinking about the role of the arts in society,’ says Heidi Ashton, lead researcher at the University of Warwick. Illustration: Tolga Akmen/EPA/the Guardian

Britain’s cultural sector is in a critical condition, with levels of investment and development far lower than in many other European countries, says a major arts report to be unveiled on Monday evening.

Analysis shared exclusively with the Observer shows that while Britain has cut back its total culture budget by 6% since 2010, Germany, France and Finland have each increased their spending by up to 70%.

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