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Post by Melanie Rashbrooke on Jan 14, 2009 13:33:50 GMT
Issue number: 81
Issue: Dear Andy Burnham……
Convener(s): Nick Sweeting
Participants: Various
Summary of discussion, conclusions and/or recommendations:
Following our Minister for Culture’s announcement that the Comprehensive Spending Review would be revised a year early we determined to write to him.
Some of us will draft a letter – put it on the Ning for comment – and then e-mail everyone with a template which they can embellish and forward to Andy Burnham if they wish.
Cutting the Arts budget, we feel, would have three main impacts – social, economic and political. The draft letter will include a couple of pointers on the social and economic impacts – with the political impact being for Andy Burnham to think about how many votes it will lose him when his seat is up for grabs at the next election……..
200 letters would be better than just one from me!
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Post by ameliabird on Jan 14, 2009 21:33:11 GMT
www.andyburnham.org/news.asp?newsid=84Please see the link to some positive thoughts from Andy Burnham. He's making great arguments in defence of the arts, however I definitely think that hundreds of letters would help to keep him on track in protecting funding.
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Post by nicksweeting on Jan 15, 2009 7:31:55 GMT
Thanks Amelia - hope the letter will be up by early next week
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Post by jenifertoksvig on Jan 15, 2009 16:11:23 GMT
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