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Spending cuts: Arts cuts 'will have big impact'
The 25% budget cut announced today by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will have a "significant impact on the cultural life of the country", the Arts Council warned today.
It is just one of the bodies that faces cuts after today's announcement.
The British Film Institute, English Heritage and the Royal Parks will all lose out.
The Arts Council faces a funding cut of 29.6% and has been told to limit cuts to its own regularly funded organisations, which include orchestras and theatres across England, to 15%.
Alan Davey, Chief Executive of Arts Council England, said: "This cut will inevitably have a significant impact on the cultural life of the country."
He said implementing the cuts was a "tough task" but added: "We are determined to manage the cuts in the best possible way for the benefit of the whole arts and cultural sector."
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "To deal with an unprecedented financial deficit we have been forced to make some incredibly difficult decisions. But, in the current economic climate, this is a good settlement for DCMS's sectors"
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