Arts bailout delay leaves jobs at risk in UK and theatres on brink of ruin

Arts policy | The Guardian: None of the £1.57bn arts rescue fund announced by the government in July to great fanfare has yet been handed out to theatres in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, leaving many organizations on the brink of collapse.

Many had hoped to hear what they would receive this week, but because of what officials have called “the complexity and volume of applications”, there has been a last-minute delay.