Exclusive: Actors call for all parties to back investment as figures suggest 16% cuts since 2017 Imelda Staunton and Olivia Colman have called on all political parties to urgently invest in the arts as research by Equity suggested funding in the UK has dropped by 16% since 2017. The research, commissioned by the performing arts union and carried out by the Autonomy Institute, drew on funding data from Arts Council En…
