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<p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has taken steps to ensure
unprecedented levels of support has been provided to the cultural sector in the North
of England. In 2020/2021, over £350 million has been invested in over 900 organisations
based in the North via Arts Council England and the introduction of the Culture Recovery
Fund.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The £300m additional funding for the Culture
Recovery Fund announced at Budget 2021 will continue to support key cultural organisations
up and down the country to help the sector as audiences begin to return, and to ensure
a vibrant future for the culture sector as the nation recovers from the pandemic.
This support is in addition to the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme,
and the continued reduction in VAT, which has supported many creatives and organisations
across the North of England.</p><p> </p>
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