Prospect responds to National Gallery planned cuts

Prospect has warned that planned cuts at the National Gallery highlight the growing financial crisis facing the heritage sector. Reports that the gallery is planning cuts to address an £8.2m deficit have raised concerns about the potential impact on staff.

Prospect Deputy General Secretary, Noel McClean said:

“News of these cuts at the National Gallery is worrying for everyone who works there and we will be working with the employer to try and avoid compulsory redundancies. That a major gallery is in such a dire financial position shows just how difficult things are in the sector.

It is becoming increasingly clear that the level of funding for these vital cultural institutions is nowhere near sufficient and we are paying the price with the loss of skilled workers.

If we don’t sort out a method of sustainable funding then the problems we’re seeing at National Gallery will be repeated across the country putting our heritage and culture at permanent risk.”