A £10.1m package of upgrade work to the Barbican Arts Centre that will include a new restaurant, kitchen and event space is poised to be part of the City of London’s capital budget for the next financial year.

Urgent repairs to address health-and-safety concerns at the grade II-listed arts complex, completed in 1982, make up the lion’s share of funding identified in the plans, which are progressing through the City’s budget-setting process.

In addition to the repair work the proposals, as detailed by a report to the Barbican Centre board, also include £2.8m of work to redevelop the Barbican Centre’s kitchens, restaurants and events space to “provide a new restaurant, event space and improved kitchen facilities”.

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