Tag: Spending Review
Autumn Statement is “perfect storm” for libraries warns CILIP as libraries not mentioned
As part of a raft of announcements, Government Digital Service (GDS) will receive an additional £450m funding to transform government services by getting more services online. At the same time 11 per cent of the population have never used the… Read more
Government backs The Factory – a £110m cultural venue in Manchester
The Factory will be a new kind of large-scale venue that will be a flagship cultural centre for the North and North West, commissioning original works in partnership with leading national and international organisations. The venue will build on the success… Read more
Free entry for nationals secured in spending review but many museums await cuts from squeezed local authorities
The DCMS received an overall cut of five per cent, to include a 20 per cent cut to its administration budget, while ACE and England’s national museums will receive standstill budgets until 2019-20. However, museum directors across the country expressed… Read more
CILIP chief: Expected spending review cuts to front line libraries a “false economy”
On the of the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review announcement the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP) has branded the widely expected cuts to local authority budgets a “false economy” Speaking on the BBC’s Radio 5 Live Business this… Read more