Financial resilience in English local authorities: delivering cultural and related services (CRS) during the era of austerity

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Dom, B.K. ORCID: 0000-0002-0889-2571, Collins, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-9805-9091, Jones, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0802-6470 and Murphy, P. ORCID: 0000-0001-8459-4448, 2023. Financial resilience in English local authorities: delivering cultural and related services (CRS) during the era of austerity. In: 22nd Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 27-30 June 2023.

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Abstract

Local Authorities (LAs) have been exposed to increasing financial and service demand pressures from the occurrence of disruptive events, particularly austerity. These pressures make it challenging for LAs to continue delivering services that are essential to their residents (users). In England, cultural services are essential services to residents, although English LAs struggle to consistently provide cultural and related services to their residents. This paper adopted a mixed method comprising secondary data (through data visualisation) and evidence from primary research to explore the impacts of austerity and how English LAs withstood these pressures by continuing to provide cultural and related services. The findings of this paper contribute to knowledge in the public service management literature and also provides some recommendations towards policy formulation, which is expected to enhance the financial resilience of English LAs to enable them to withstand pressures from future disruptive events.

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Dom, B.K., Collins, A., Jones, M. and Murphy, P.

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29 June 2023

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