Analysis: London receives more funding for arts culture than other cities

CAIRO – 6 August 2017: Recent analysis conducted by the Institute for Public Policy Research North has stated that there is a financing gap between northern cities and London on Sunday.

The analysis emphasized that north of UK need £691 million ($901 million) more in the 2018’s funding round to be able to get the same Arts Council England funding per head as in capital, according to an article in The Guardian.

In other words northern England should be provided at least £700 million to be considered equally funded as London, thus emphasizing a financial cultural gap based on data provided by ThinkTank.

Despite the lack of funding, British funding plans to pump £15 million to the Great Exhibition of the North in Newcastle. Several officials in the northern part of the country expressed their concern about the scarcity of the funding, pointing out a north-south divide that stalls the development of arts culture of UK communities.

Due to the lack of funding, museums such as the Dukes theater/museum in Lancaster, which is known for inspiring generations were said to struggle financially each year to stay operational. Some museums are financially operational due to volunteers’ input and are less reliant on the county council fund such as Fleetwood Museum and the Judges’ Lodgings in Lancashire.

An additional of £42.5 million to £170 million will be spent over a four-year period to venues outside London during in efforts to tackle the financial disturbance; an Arts Council spokesperson was cited.