THE GUARDIAN : 15th December
Outsourced and unaccountable: this is the future of local government
The gutting of Barnet council means even births, deaths and marriages are managed elsewhere. Your town hall may be next.
http://www.theguardian.com/
THE GUARDIAN : 16th December
Arts Council England hires Classic FM boss as new CEO
http://www.theguardian.com/
Leon’s Library Blog : 16th December
Pushing the boundaries …
in favour of “regional” library services
http://leonslibraryblog.com/
Western Gazette : 16th December
Somerset | Friends of Crewkerne library to campaign against cuts at meeting tomorrow
http://www.westerngazette.co.
York Press : 15th December
Residents needed to help reshape libraries in shake-up
Explore York Libraries & Archives Mutual Ltd
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/
Express & Star : 16th December
Walsall | Three’s not a crowd as library cuts loom
Only three people turned up to a public meeting over controversial library cuts in the Black Country
http://www.expressandstar.com/
Mid Devon Gazette : 16th December
Volunteers need community to back Bampton library relocation
http://www.middevongazette.co.
View From Online : 16th December
Devonshire | Positive start for Colyton Library pilot scheme
http://www.viewfrompublishing.
Lancashire Telegraph : 15th December
Blackburn with Darwen Council bosses call on communities to help keep their local libraries open
http://www.
This Is Local London : 15th December
‘We love our library’ – protest against library closure in North Harrow
http://www.thisislocallondon.
Grimsby Telegraph : 16th December
N.E. Lincolnshire | New dawn for thriving hub of the community
Nunsthorpe was one of six libraries in North East Lincolnshire which the council said it could no longer afford to operate.
http://www.grimsbytelegraph.
