Arts Council

This article which profiles the impact of the latest Arts Council cuts explains how the biggest recipients of money from Arts Council England are internationally famous cultural institutions based in the capital.

“The Royal Opera House gets £26,342,464 for 2011-12 but goes down in real terms by 15% to £26,430,676. The Southbank Centre takes a 15% knock but will still receive £20,709,928 for the next three years.”

Outside London, the other big beneficiaries are predictable enough.

“The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) also gets a cut of 15% on its current funding of £16,414,895, going up to 16,466,778. Opera North goes up from £10,060,274 to £10,092,692, another real drop of 15%.”

Have a look at the full list of losers. It would be interesting to understand how much rural proofing went into the development of this list.