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Oh, no! President Hollande is about to make the big George Osborne arts booboo

The French Government has announced plans to cut tax relief on gifts to the arts from 60 percent to 35. The Socialists are saying it was an election pledge that they intend to fulfil. (Read on here.) The eight institutions that will be worst ht are: Versailles, the Louvre, Orsay, Cité de la musique, l’Opéra de [...]
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