This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Protect arts funding in schools/society from devastating cuts. Invest in future

Schools are being forced to drop arts and councils slash arts funding due to extreme cuts, meanwhile MPs agree to even more self pay increases.
The uk produces some of the finest arts in the world, we should maintain this. Even Winston Churchill refused to cut arts funding in wartime! Invest in art

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