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(01) UK has an unrivalled reputation for the quality of its Arts, Culture and Heritage. The This reputation has been earned over many years and is due in no small part to public funding from successive governments. The Arts in the UK are having to share the burden of an economic policy which has led to substantial cuts in public funding. (02) Lost Arts (www.lost-arts.org) has been set up by eight unions that represent the people who work in the Arts in the UK. It will record and catalogue all of the projects, events, initiatives, performances, organisations and companies that will be lost due to the cuts in public funding. (03) This is not to suggest that the Arts are more important than other sectors that are suffering similar cuts; but at the same time we want to make sure that the effects of these cuts are properly accounted and freely publicised. By keeping an account of the damage done, we hope to win the argument for public funding of Arts and Culture once and for all. (04) call upon the GFTU to support the Lost Arts campaign. We
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