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Equity urges Bristol city council to drop cuts to arts and culture budget
Union warns jobs are at risk if plans including museum closures go ahead in bid to ward off council bankruptcy
Equity members have written to the council warning that cuts would do significant damage to jobs and cultural activities in Bristol, a Unesco City of Film. Last week the council leader, Green party councillor Tony Dyer, warned Bristol was facing bankruptcy if it did not close a £52m funding gap over the next five years. The closure of Blaise Museum, an 18th-century mansion highlighting social history with displays of dolls’ houses, toys, costume and domestic tools, to save £39,000 by 2027.
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