Swindon Advertiser : 8th July
Let’s create innovative library service says Leader, David  Renard
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14605222.Let_s_create_innovative_library_service__says_David_Renard/

 

Blackpool Gazette : 8th July
Letter | LIBRARIES – Politicians should be careful with our cash
from UKIP candidate
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/your-say/letters-july-8-2016-1-8004565

 

Brixton Blog : 8th July
Lambeth library campaigners summon ghosts of Carnegie past
Anniversary protest tomorrow
http://www.brixtonblog.com/library-campaigners-summon-ghosts-carnegie-past/38908

 

North Somerset Times : 8th July
Consultation on closure and merger of North Somerset libraries & children’s centres
http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/consultation_on_closure_and_merger_of_north_somerset_libraries_and_children_s_centres_1_4608156

Coventry Telegraph : 7th July
Coventry libraries will be ‘devastated’ by cuts say leading children’s authors
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-libraries-devastated-cuts-say-11581184

Accrington Observer : 7th July
Lancashire | Council grants £10,000 to help save under-threat Hyndburn libraries
http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/news/council-grants-10000-help-save-11576924

Guardian Series : 7th July
Waltham Forest | Plans to relocate libraries put forward to council cabinet
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/14605476.Plans_to_relocate_libraries_put_forward_to_council_cabinet/

Local Government Lawyer : 7th July
Local government to have seat at Brexit negotiating table, says Communities Secretary
The response to leaving the European Union “has to be a radically expanded role for local government”, the Communities Secretary has said.
http://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27623%3Alocal-government-to-have-seat-at-brexit-negotiating-table-says-communities-secretary&catid=59&Itemid=27

 

Local Government Lawyer : 30th June
Consultation in austerity 2016: a practical guide
“The key issue is that changes in policy must be made in the light of being informed by consultation”
http://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27528%3Aconsultation-in-austerity-2016-a-practical-guide&catid=59&Itemid=27

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Wirral Report

Wirral inquiry – it's happened at last! A formal public inquiry into a local council's plans for drastic library closures. Local people – as often before – fought and fought.…

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