The Daily Mirror has published a list of the 20 places hardest hit by spending cuts on cultural services, including libraries, sports, parks and tourism.

According to their figures Herefordshre ranks in the top ten of the councils affected. Herefordshire is in tenth place with cuts of £5.2m: down 54.9% (£1.5m on open spaces -18.7%; £1.5m on libraries-47.9%)

The Mirror claims that its analysis of local authority spending since 2010 has revealed huge falls in spending on these services.

In 2009-10 councils across England spent £3.3 billion in net expenditure on cultural and related services. However, in the 2015-16 budget only £2.8 billion was set aside - 28% less than in 2009-10.

Spending on open spaces has fallen by 22% while library expenditure is down by 24 per cent overall and tourism spending has plummeted by 48%.