RESCUE The Trust for British Archaeology: Press Release about the latest Spending Review:
many heritage-related services including local and regional museums and Historic Environment Records are funded through local authorities, whose budget cut has been considerably more draconian at 10%. The net effect of these cuts will be a further whittling away of already inadequate budgets, the loss of staff, services and buildings and, eventually, of unique and irreplaceable collections. [...] RESCUE believes that the state has an important role to play in the preservation and enhancement of our national heritage and that the removal of state funding is further evidence of the Government’s hostility towards a sector that it should be supporting and which requires investment rather than a reduction in support.27th June 2013
RESCUE is also concerned that the rump of English Heritage which will remain within the funding remit of the DCMS (and will encompass many of the organisation’s most important roles in the areas of research, investigation and the support of curatorial services) will lack long-term viability and will become a target for future cuts, further eroding the base of expertise and knowledge that is an essential part of any national heritage service.
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