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Councils are using every trick in the book to offload their libraries

Libraries and Library Services have been serverly hit due to the Austery agenda.  8000 jobs have been lost, 343 Libraries closed, over 15,000 volunteers introduced and many more buildings handed over to either community groups or external providers.  Libraries are one of the few free open spaces in society, they are often the heart of […]

30% of library staff in South Gloucestershire could be sacked under Tory Councillors’ plans to hit the local service, despite the council’s own consultation showing most public support for stopping library cuts. With £650k of cuts planned over the next three years, the library service will see its budget (£2.6m) fall by more than one […]

“In Camden, libraries we have the most reported incidents of violence and aggression across the council,” she said. She  recounted her experience of an incident […]

Cash-trapped councils across the country have had no choice but to cut back on culture and libraries spending in a desperate attempt to save core services

In recent years they’ve seen the value of their pay fall, now the university wants to cut their income in retirement too

Date

19 October 2017 2:00am

Location

Across the UK

This year’s Save Our local Services day of action focuses on libraries – a hub and a have in our communities

Neath Port Talbot branch fought a successful campaign against library closures – so just how did they do it?

This week, a UNISON member tells us about the impact of cuts on his local archive service. My local studies archive service is an important source of the history of my local area and is […]

Date

9 February 2016 10:00am–2:00pm

Location

Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, Westminster, London, United Kingdom