Ɖ Gardịn vy on cuts t artsfundñ: a c’laṃti ɖt mst b avrtd
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 30 October 2022)
A dleid anǎnsmnt abt ɖ nxt ʈri yirz v s’port hz left ɖ artswrld in limbo – bt olso wɖ tîm t fît n rīʈnc
Súnde 30 Octobr 2022
In ɖ trmôl v ɖ ny guvnmnt’s stoc-tecñ eḟts, wn īdict hz pást wɖ litl coment: a de bfr it wz dy t anǎns its ny ʈri-yir fundñcmitmnt t arts orġnîześnz arnd ɖ cuntri, Artscaunsl Ñgḷnd (ACÑ) wz instructd bî ɖ Dpartmnt fr Dijitl, Culćr, Mīdia n Sport (DCMS) t hold fîr. Ɖs mt sīm smōl bir in ɖ contxt v ol ɖ dīpartmntl cuts cmñ dǎn ɖ lîn, bt it hz left ɖ 828 naśnl portfolio orġnîześnz – ẃć ACÑ rgardz n s’ports az ɖ neśn’z crǎnjuwlz – in a teṛfayñ 10-de limbo.
Ɖe includ ʈiytr, dans n opṛcumṗniz, orcistraz, artgaḷriz n ḿziymz. Fr mni, ɖ fir z xistnśl: it z nt simpli a qsćn v ẃɖr ɖer incmz wl b rdyst ẃn ɖ cuṛnt trm endz in Epril nxt yir – most hv enwe bn bresñ ɖmslvz fr ɖt – bt ẃɖr ɖe wl svîv at ol.
Ɖ ʈret t Lundn cumṗniz z ptiklrli xtrim. Ɖ prīvịs culćrsecṛtri, Nedīn Doriz, hd olrdi instructd ɖt £24m a yir wz t b tecn ǎt v ACÑ’z bujit in ɖ capitl bî 2025-26, fr rīdistṛbyśn t uɖr parts v Ñgḷnd. Sm hv bn scramḅlñ t rīḷcet, bt īvn ɖt me nt sev ɖm. Ɖe r onli part v ɖ rīmit v Msz Doriz’z s’xesr, Miśél Doṇḷn, hu mst ple tuf at ɖ ngośietñtebl in ɖ run-up t ɖ dleid 17 Nvmbr bujit.
Fr obvịs rīznz, ɖ DCMS z nt rgardd az wn v ɖ top-prîoṛti dpartmnts: it dz nt solv ɖ hīt-or-īt crîsis, adres ɖ baḷns-v-pemnts gap, or rdys hospitl wêtñlists. Hvr, a wrld in ẃć ɖ lîts wr alaud t g ǎt on culćr wd nt onli b a sadr, bt olso a jenyinli purr ples. Ɖ crietiv inḍstriz bʈ inrić lîvz n – crūṣ́li, at a tîm v fînanśl crîsis – brñ muni intu ɖ icoṇmi. Ɖe r wn v ɖ fy sectrz v post-Brexit Britn wɖ an untarniśt repyteśn az a globl pleyr, n ɖe xport ɖt repyteśn ʈru turñ n inṭnaśnl partnrśps, bildñ ɖ unḍstandñ n rspct ɖt amǎnt t soft pǎr. Ɖe r olso, acordñ t ɖ DCMS’z ǒn figrz, wn v ɖ cuntri’z bigist imployrz, pṛvîdñ nirli 7% v ol YC jobz.
Fr ol ɖ ɖen guvnmnt’s mni blundrz in its hanḍlñ v ɖ pandemic, Riśi Sŭnac’z xćecr acnolijd ɖs valy, in partnrśp wɖ Olivr Dǎdn at ɖ DCMS, bî setñ p ɖ culćr rcuṿrifund. Ɖs nt onli cept ɖ homfîrz brnñ, bt olso wún aplōz fṛm a sx́n v ɖ popyleśn nt jenṛli gvn t blowñ ɖ Tori trumpit. Ɖe wnt on t hlp mīt ɖ ćalinj v brññ ōdịnsz bac t lîv arts bî tmprṛli hîcñ ɖ taxcredits ɖt cd b clemd. Ɖt figr z dy t start teṗrñ dǎn fṛm Epril – xacli ɖ momnt ẃn ɖ fundñbom z dy t land.
Ɖ cuṛnt ACÑ grant-in-ed bujit v £341m a yir z pīnuts in trmz v public fînansz. Ɖs z nt a momnt t admit dfit. It z a tîm fr stroñ arğmnts n imajiṇtiv ʈncñ abt ẃt cn practicli b dn t cīp ɖ hart v culćr bìtñ. Ɖz nīd t renj bynd pinćt ACÑ fînansz t xtndd taxbrecs, a rīʈnc on biznisrets n a rīcnsiḍreśn v ɖ rleśnśp btwn culćr n turizm. Ɖ welfér v ɖ neśn dpndz on it.
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