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Tue, 15th January 08

House of Commons ding-dong

Filed under: Artist(s), Arts cuts, Birmingham — site admin @ late at night

The Times Parliamentary sketch-writer, on a House of Commons ding-dong over the arts cuts, spiced by the just-discovered £1 billion hole in Olympics funding…

“Mr Purnell was utterly opaque on all aspects of the budget. To listen to him, you’d think that no sports or arts programmes had been cut. He seemed rather self-satisfied.”

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[...] D’log notices in this Times Parliamentary sketch that the Birmingham Rep is, apparently, losing some funding in the current round of arts cuts. Nothing else in the news that I can see. Anyone know for sure? And if so, what it might affect? Share This [...]

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