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01 December 2009
Public libraries: Yaroo! Wirral sensation!

Yesterday I predicted that Wirral might wriggle with embarrassment when people read the report of the public inquiry. How wrong I was! The council leader has come out slugging. It's an amazing read. He rubbishes the report – which everyone else is praising to the skies – as 'flawed... Read More...

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Filed under: public libraries, Wirral, bob mckee, sue charteris

30 November 2009
Public libraries: Wirral will wriggle...

with embarrassment (I should think) when everyone reads the report of the official inquiry into its decision to close 11 much-valued local libraries. It is excellent. And – very clearly – it finds a definite breach of statutory duty by WBC (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council). This has never... Read More...

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Filed under: public libraries, DCMS, Wirral

30 November 2009
Public libraries: Wirral wimp-out

Minister Margaret Hodge has truly let herself be outmanoeuvred by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (WBC). In her own words, ‘after the report on the Inquiry was received by the Secretary of State, WBC revoked their plans to restructure their service. In these circumstances it is no longer necessary... Read More...

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Filed under: public libraries, DCMS, Wirral

09 October 2009
A plea to Margaret Hodge from CILIP's Update (PLA conference)

If only the Westminster government's Department for Culture Media and Sport could see how libraries fit in to the bigger picture. Frustratingly, Libraries Minister Margaret Hodge has postponed publication of the long-awaited Public Libraries Review. So in the meantime, her speech at this week's... Read More...

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Filed under: Elspeth Hyams, public libraries, DCMS, Wirral, Margaret Hodge

01 October 2009
CILIP welcomes Wirral re-think

CILIP has welcomed the announcement that Wirral Council will halt the plan to close eleven of its libraries. When Wirral Council first announced the cuts, CILIP referred the proposals to the Secretary of State, recommending that he should use his powers of intervention. Andy Burnham did so, and ordered... Read More...

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Filed under: CILIP, Wirral, Mark Taylor