The new Parks Action Group will include experts from the world of horticulture, leisure, heritage and tourism, and will be tasked with bringing forward proposals to address some of the issues faced by public parks and other green spaces across England. To support them, Government is providing …

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has announced that the Government will publish its Autumn Budget on Wednesday 22 November 2017. Following the Chancellor’s announcement at Autumn Statement 2016, there will now only be one fiscal event in each year, held in the Autumn. …

Responding to a written question, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury states that ‘the Government recognises the cultural and economic contribution historic homes make right across the UK. Heritage Maintenance Funds play an important role in keeping historic homes in the best possible condition and making …

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has announced that the Government will publish its Autumn Budget on Wednesday 22 November 2017. Following the Chancellor’s announcement at Autumn Statement 2016, there will now only be one fiscal event in each year, held in the Autumn. …

The Cultural Protection Fund has invited organisations working with local partners in one or more of the Fund’s target countries within the Middle East and North Africa region to submit an Expression of Interest for a Large Grant (over £100k) by the 5 November 2017. Small grants …

The European Commission has proposed new rules to stop imports of cultural goods illicitly exported from their country of origin. Cultural goods are items of which countries consider that they have great artistic, historical or archaeological value and which belong to the country’s cultural heritage. The main …

The HS2 Phase One Generic Written Scheme of Investigation: Historic Environment Research and Delivery Strategy has now been published. This sets out the project mechanisms for designing works, undertaking evaluation, delivering investigations, undertaking post excavation assessment, and archive deposition that will be adopted for the design …

DCMS has published the latest number of visits to museums and galleries it sponsors. In July 2017, there were a total of 4.6 million visits to the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries. This is a decrease of 4 per cent (180,500 visits) compared with July 2016.

DCLG has published statistics on planning applications in England between April and June 2017. These reveal that district level planning authorities in England: received 123,300 applications for planning permission, down 5% on the corresponding quarter of 2016; granted 98,700 decisions, down 2% from the same quarter in …

The CPRE [Alliance member] is asking the public to contact MPs to ensure that the strong environment and nature laws we have will stay in place after Brexit. The Heritage Alliance has written a paper on protecting the rural historic environment during and after Brexit.

The Charity Tax Group has highlighted that the Education and Skills Funding Agency has published new guidance summarising how organisations can register and use the apprenticeship service as a training provider. Guidance on registering and using the apprenticeship service as an employer has also been updated.

The Lords Constitution Committee has called for the Government to act on the Committee’s criticism of the “unprecedented” transfer of powers from Parliament to Government, proposed in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The Committee’s new interim report says that the Bill “raises a series of profound, wide-ranging and inter-locking …