Arts Council rethinks cuts
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Big-name arts organisations spared but smaller groups suffer in embarrassing funding climbdown
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Social services could bear the brunt of cutbacks as an under-fire council looks to put right its education service.
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Blockades are being organised over government funding cuts that will lead to 180 job losses at British Waterways.
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Italy's culture minister has threatened to shut down Florence's Uffizi museum, home of masterpieces by Michelangelo and Botticelli, if the government doesn't scale back planned spending cuts.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 13--Cutting spending projects from Destin's budget can hurt Destin residents even if it saves them money, City Councilor Sam Seevers says.
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The art world is wondering how volatile financial markets might affect its own specialized market.
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Arts Council England, the government-financed body that provides subsidies to the arts, announced a 9.5 percent budget increase over the next three years and maintained financing of 17 recipients that had been scheduled for cuts, Bloomberg News reported. Those cuts had caused an uproar, drawing hundreds of actors to a protest at the Young Vic Theater last month. Christopher Frayling, chairman of the council, said that 888 arts groups would share Â£1.3 billion ($2.6 billion) between now and 2011. Another 185 groups, though, will no longer get financing, including the London Mozart Players and the City of London Sinfonia.
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Media & professional: BBC may deal with funding shortfall by making fewer but 'bigger' shows, leading to more repeats.
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Former sports minister Tony Banks says he prefers looking after works of art then dealing with constituents' problems.
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A California community limits the number of new art galleries
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Its decision raises questions over the willingness of local authorities to tap into their estimated 110bn of commercial property - a fifth of Britain's total - as a source of finance.
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Berlin Philharmonic conductor Sir Simon Rattle warns arts funding cuts by the capital city are "catastrophic."
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Up to Â£125m in public money may be needed to bring London's theatres up to standard.
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A council becomes the first in England to allocate secondary places by lottery prompting a debate over choice.
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Performa seeks to rekindle connections between the arts through discussions, screenings and new work.
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The nationÂs top art museums are preparing a major lobbying effort to reverse a federal tax provision approved last month that they say will significantly harm their ability to acquire new artworks.
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Hospital wards and operating theatres are being cut and redundancies made as the NHS battles with a Â£500m deficit, a survey says.