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Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s budget has done nothing to assuage the fears of the Grassroots Music sector. Take the following quotes:

“While headline figures for the UK music industry look strong, grassroots and independent businesses and entrepreneurs are under strain”

 – Gee Davy, CEO Association of Independent Music

“This Budget is yet another episode in the long-running saga of failures to seize opportunities to support grassroots music venues”

– Mark Davyd, CEO Music Venue Trust

Both quoted in today’s article at Music Week.

But the most aggrieved is Rachel Brown at Northern Exposure:

“I clocked it the second Starmer started spouting bollocks about backing the music scene, it was always gonna be hot air and fuck all else”

– Rachel Brown, Northen Exposure

You can read the whole article below.