# Chancellor promises extra £75 million to arts

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/07/14/chancellor-promises-extra-75m-arts/
- Published: 2002-07-14T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Chancellor Gordon Brown has promised an extra £75m a year to the arts by 2005/06.

The promise came in the government’s comprehensive spending review, and the 16% 
increase should unleash an “avalanche of art” according to Culture Secretary Tessa
Jowell.

Read _Brown pledges £75m arts boost_ at BBC News.

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