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Recommendation 19
19
Deferred
Paragraph: 111
Amend restrictions on Community Radio Fund spending for greater station flexibility
Recommendation
The current UK Community Radio Fund is too restrictive and does not allow small community radio stations to spend funding where they best feel it is needed. We recommend that the Government amends the restrictions on where funding from the Community Radio Fund can be spent, allowing community radio stations greater flexibility to spend the funds where it will be of greatest use.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government noted the recommendation, stating it is also for the Welsh Government, then proceeded to discuss the UK's film and high-end TV production spend, tax reliefs, studio infrastructure, and skills development, completely ignoring the recommendation about the Community Radio Fund's flexibility.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Paragraph Reference:
111
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
The intention of the Community Radio Fund is to help stations within the sector move towards self-sustainability. As such, the guidance from its assessing panel remains that proposals to promote long-term financial security and posts which could become self- sustaining will be favoured over those which are less likely to have such an effect. Given the high levels of demand for support from the Fund, the Government is of the view that retaining a focus on long-term sustainability remains appropriate.
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