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UK Protest against culture cuts: National museums have seen their budgets cut by more than 15%, the Department for Culture, Media and Sports by 33%, and local authorities have cut around £124m from their cultural budgets since 2010. One high-profile casualty is a five-year-old, £72m arts centre in West Bromwich in the Midlands of England. Called The Public, it is due to close in November after the local authority decided in August to withdraw its funding.