Britain behind Europe in arts funding and education, ‘crisis’ report shows
State of the Art reveals that while Germany, France and Finland have each increased culture spending by up to 70%, Britain has cut its budget by 6%
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%.
The findings of the academic “crisis” report, produced from research conducted by the University of Warwick and the Campaign for the Arts pressure group, will be announced in the House of Lords to a group of arts leaders and politicians, including the new minister for culture, media and sport (DCMS), Chris Bryant, with the support of Melvyn Bragg and musician and lecturer Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason.
By looking at support and investment levels between two comparative periods of recent history, 2009-10 and 2022-23, the State of the Arts report has uncovered big drops in spending per person in real terms.
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