The Scottish Parliament has killed a report’s recommendations to dramatically increase funding for the arts. “The report won initial support in the arts community for its call for a massive increase in spending of up to £100 million, to cover a ‘deficit’ in Scottish arts and take it to a 1 per cent share of the Scottish Executive’s budget. Scotland’s culture minister said a new arts bureaucracy was a non-starter. She did not rule out a “radical overhaul” in the arts, but spoke out against “unnecessary bureaucracies, which are a drain on resources”. She continued: “I’m not convinced that the solution preferred by the commission is the right one.”