"A Self-Imposed Injury": UK Industry Reacts to Budget Cuts at ...

CMS Committee chair says DCMS funding cuts are the ‘wrong choice’

The chair of the Culture, Media and Sports Committee said there are huge unanswered questions as to how the DCMS will manage a 1.2% reduction to its budget in the Chancellor’s Spending Review. “A real-terms cut for DCMS is the wrong choice by the Chancellor. Promises of significant increases for the creative industries are welcome, although the detail needed to scrutinise this claim is lacking,” said Dame Caroline Dinenage. “At the same time, a …

UK Culture Media and Sport Committee chair reacts to spending reductions

Dame Caroline Dinenage has responded to the DCMS funding cuts announced in the government’s Spending Review. In her speech to the House of Commons on Wednesday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves confirmed the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) would see a real terms cut in funding over the next five years. Capital spending will be held at today’s rate of £700 million until the 2029/30 period, an effective cut of 2.8 per c…

"A self-imposed injury": UK industry reacts to budget cuts at ...

“A real-terms cut for DCMS is the wrong choice by the chancellor”

Culture Select Committee chair criticises real-terms DCMS cuts as ‘wrong choice’ - Arts Professional

Government plans to cut the day-to-day spending budget of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) over the next three years have been rebuked as “the wrong choice” by the chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. Writing in response to yesterday’s (11 June) Spending Review announcement, Conservative MP Caroline Dinenage said

Dame Caroline Dinenage, Chair of CMS Committee responds to DCMS funding cuts

DCMS spending cuts criticised

In response to the real-terms cuts to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s budget announced in the Spending Review, Dame Caroline Dinenage, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sports Committee of the UK House of Commons, said: “A real-terms cut for DCMS is the wrong choice by the Chancellor. Promises of significant increases for […]