London 2012 funding to be cut by £27 million
Funding for the London 2012 Olympics was reduced by 27 million pounds on Monday as the new government made a round of spending cuts aimed at bringing a record public deficit under control.
Olympics-London 2012 funding to be cut by 27 million pounds
Funding for the London 2012 Olympics was reduced by 27 million pounds ($38.84 million) on Monday as the new British government made a round of spending cuts aimed at bringing a record public deficit under control.
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Olympics-London 2012 funding not protected from government cuts
Funding for the London 2012 Olympics will not be protected from government spending cuts needed to bring Britain’s record public deficit under control, Culture and Sport Minister Jeremy Hunt said.
Jeremy Hunt to be new culture and Olympics minister
New government department to combine DCMS with responsibility for London 2012 Olympics
Jeremy Hunt has been appointed secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport in a newly created department in the Lib Dem/Conservative coalition government.
Hunt’s new brief combines the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with Tessa Jowell’s ministerial responsibility for the London 2012 [...]
£70,000 a year Essex fire chief needed for 2012 Olympics
COUNTING the pennies will take on new meaning in Essex, as the county’s fire service battles to help cover the Olympics with no prospect of extra funding.
Hugh Robertson, sports minister in waiting, targets funding, World Cup and Olympics
The old saying that sport and politics do not mix has seldom been more misleading.
Olympic funding for rail stations
A £2.5m upgrade is planned for Slough railway station to enable disabled access for the 2012 Olympics.
10 commissions announced for London 2012 disability arts programme, Unlimited
London 2012 and Arts Council England today announced that more than £400,000 of funding has been awarded to 10 commissions for Unlimited, the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad project. Unlimited will celebrate disability, arts, culture and sport on an unprecedented scale, transforming the disability arts movement in the UK.
Olympic athletes set medal target
Great Britain have been set a target of at least 10 medals at this summer’s European Athletics Championships by the national funding body.
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