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No direct cuts to culture. Ministry of OCW does get heavy austerity task

by Wijbrand Schaap
17 September 202417 September 2024
2 min read
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The cultural sector can breathe a sigh of relief. Apart from the damning increase in VAT on everything beautiful and fragile from 9 to 21 per cent, the Basic Cultural Infrastructure (BIS) has been secured for the next four years. With the inclement winds coming from the corner of PVV, VVD and BBB, this can be called a windfall. There is even a modest increase coming,...