Comments on: Council considers ‘cooperative’ libraries https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-considers-cooperative-libraries/ Politics, LEPs and economic development in the West Midlands Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: JonesFearless https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-considers-cooperative-libraries/#comment-8155 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 08:30:40 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=13103#comment-8155 @wylie_alan @FoLoB_ It also includes the LoB http://t.co/BDQcTp4SyF

]]> By: JonesFearless https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-considers-cooperative-libraries/#comment-8150 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:59:18 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=13103#comment-8150 How to avoid making difficult political decisions? Pass them onto a co-operative Perversion of mutualism #Birmingham
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]]> By: JonesFearless https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-considers-cooperative-libraries/#comment-8151 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:55:42 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=13103#comment-8151 So a co-operative running library services in #Birmingham will be left with the decision of which libraries to close http://t.co/BDQcTp4SyF

]]> By: JonesFearless https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-considers-cooperative-libraries/#comment-8152 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:53:27 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=13103#comment-8152 So how exactly will a co-operative stop cuts and closures to library services in #Birmingham? http://t.co/BDQcTp4SyF

]]> By: birminghamlibrariescampaigns https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-considers-cooperative-libraries/#comment-8140 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:56:19 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=13103#comment-8140 ‘but the scale of savings that must be made to meet the Chancellor’s austerity programme means that it is highly unlikely all of Birmingham’s community libraries will survive if they remain under direct council control.’

So how would transferring the Library service en bloc to a Co-operative stop cuts being being made to its council funding for libraries in the future?

]]> By: JonesFearless https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-considers-cooperative-libraries/#comment-8142 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:41:50 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=13103#comment-8142 Council considers ‘cooperative’ libraries http://t.co/BDQcTp4SyF via @@chamberlainfile

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