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The General Election campaign season is upon us, finally. It’s been a long time coming and yet it all feels utterly underwhelming: why? For a small and busy minority it all seems very exciting. There they...
The General Election campaign season is upon us, finally. It’s been a long time coming and yet it all feels utterly underwhelming: why? For a small and busy minority it all seems very exciting. There they...
Briefings are underway with the new Integrated Care Board having a ‘duty to consult’ with community organisations, local authorities and others to pull together a more coordinated approach to healthcare and well-being. While this...
The following manifesto-making points are offered for comment, adoption by candidates or local parties in the run up to the May 2023 elections. They are divided into sections: we’ve kept to five priorities each....
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Councils propose to close libraries.
They do Equality Impact Assessments which show that the poorest & most vulnerable residents will be severely impacted by the closures.
They then close the libraries.
What’s the point of EIA’s I hear you say?
#savelibraries
Hi @lisanandy @RhonddaBryant please call a moratorium on library cuts & closures and meet with representatives from all interested parties inc users, unions, campaigners & prof orgs to discuss the way forward.
We can’t go on like this.
#savelibraries
Hi @lisanandy @RhonddaBryant what’s your vision re Public Libraries?
After 14yrs of trying to get @UKLabour to adopt a national policy supporting the sector and the staff who work in it I’d love to know what your plan is?
#savelibraries