LGA : 4th April
Councils defend ‘difficult’ service spending cuts
http://www.localgov.co.uk/Councils-defend-difficult-service-spending-cuts/40612

LGA : 4th April
Councils issuing thousands of ‘gagging orders’ suggest figures
http://www.localgov.co.uk/Councils-issuing-thousands-of-gagging-orders-suggest-figures/40607

Brixton Buzz : 4th April
Lambeth issues possession order as Carnegie Library campaigners stand firm on Day 5 of their occupation
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2016/04/lambeth-issues-possession-order-as-carnegie-library-campaigners-stand-firm/

Get Hampshire : 4th April
Stay of execution for Hampshire library services after decision on future put back to 2017
http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/local-news/stay-execution-hampshire-library-services-11126263

Northern Echo : 4th April
Campaigners to hold meeting to find imaginative ways of saving Darlington’s libraries
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14402633.Campaigners_hold_meeting_to_find_imaginative_ways_of_saving_Darlington_s_libraries/

Lincolnshire Echo : 4th April
Under new management! Greenwich Leisure takes over 15 Lincolnshire libraries
which are those that remain after 30 handed over to volunteers
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/new-management-Greenwich-Leisure-takes-15/story-29047154-detail/story.html

North London Today : 4th April
Barnet | ‘Children will be at risk if library staff are cut’
http://www.northlondon-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=109335&headline=%27Children%20will%20be%20at%20risk%20if%20library%20staff%20are%20cut%27§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016

This Is Local London : 4th April
Protesters fighting to save Barnet libraries will unite as councillors will decide on its future
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/14402921.Protesters_fighting_to_save_libraries_will_unite_as_councillors_will_decide_on_its_future/

 

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Library News Round-up: 10 June 2015

PRIVATE EYE Issue No. 1394Library News | Library of Birmingham (and Cambridge Central Library)Available in all good newsagentsHarrow Times : 10th JuneHarrow Council criticised by MP Bob Blackman for ignoring library campaignershttp://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/13323279.Library_closures__MP_says_council__rubber_stamped__decisions/Parliament.uk TRANSCRIPT | Westminster…