{"id":21652,"date":"2019-02-12T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=21652"},"modified":"2019-02-12T16:36:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:36:02","slug":"englands-council-spending-on-cultural-resources-slashed-by-400m-over-8-years-county-councils-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=21652","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s council spending on cultural resources slashed by \u00a3400m over 8 years: County Councils Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LocalGov_website_120219.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21653\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LocalGov_website_120219.png\" alt=\"website\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a>Council spending on cultural resources such as museums, libraries, and the arts has been reduced by almost \u00a3400m over the last eight years of austerity, new research by the County Councils Network (CCN) has revealed.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>LocalGov<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of council spending by the County Councils Network (CCN) has found that metropolitan borough councils have reduced their culture spend by \u00a3104m &#8211; or 28% &#8211; since 2011, with London scaling back by \u00a375m in the same period.<\/p>\n<p>CCN\u2019s research also discovered that non-county unitary authorities have reduced expenditure on culture by \u00a341m over the last eight years. District councils have reduced their culture spend by \u00a33.1m. However, CCN found that residents in county areas have seen the heaviest reductions in spending on museums, galleries, libraries, and the local arts.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities in shire counties and rural areas have reduced their spending in these services by 30% (\u00a3187m) since 2011, higher than anywhere else in England. \u2018Councils play a major role supporting local cultural and arts organisations, and provide excellent libraries and museums,\u2019 said Cllr Philip Atkins, Conservative vice-chairman of the CCN. \u2018That support has not dried up completely \u2013 we spent \u00a31bn on these services last year, whilst austerity has provided the impetus for many areas to innovate&#8230;\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, Cllr Atkins continued, the \u2018unprecedented demand\u2019 for care services has meant councils have been forced to shift funding from cultural to care services\u2026 \u2018With the unprecedented demand for care services continuing, we have regrettably had to shift funding from other areas to fulfil our statutory duties and more importantly protect the elderly and vulnerable\u2026 This trend is happening across all local councils&#8230;\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/Council-spending-on-cultural-services-slashed-by-400m\/46766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council spending on cultural resources such as museums, libraries, and the arts has been reduced by almost \u00a3400m over the last eight years of austerity, new research by the County Councils Network (CCN) has revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21654,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21652\/revisions\/21654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}