Arts Council Announcement today

[Serial_Apologist]

Ah: it simply means that they are in ACE's portfolio (so let's hope not filed away and forgotten about, at least for the guaranteed period of funding!).
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/our-in...-organisations

Thanks for clarifying that, Pulcers.

[french frank]

Pulcinella's corrected me on the organisation title-based assumptions I was making.

I wondered afterwards whether it was a joke: portfolio - filed away?

[Pulcinella]

I wondered afterwards whether it was a joke: portfolio - filed away?

And when I first (mis)read it (the article) I thought it had something to do with Michael Portillo!

[teamsaint]

And just to prove that all is not always as it seems....

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/04/french-pm-edouard-philippe-warns-cuts-reduce-debt-volcano-public-spending

Although how France manages to have such high public spending deficit, with such high tax rates remains a bit of a mystery.....

Anyway,lets hope that The axe falls on appropriate areas of public spending over the channel,although I'm not that hopeful, looking at the article.