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• Here to stay?

  22-05-2022 16:59 via publiclibrariesnews.com
  
  EditorialThere’s been enough time since Austerity started in 2010 to note some long-term results in the sector. Suffolk Libraries celebrates ten years as a Library Trust this year. It seems to be going well and certainly most of what I see from that service is good and positive. The other library trusts – notably York Explore and Libraries Unlimited (Devon) – also seem to be doing well. Leisure trusts have had a more mixed picture, with Falkirk, Northamptonshire, Peterborough a
  
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• Government should focus on cost-of-living crisis rather than attacking unions

  22-05-2022 16:34
  
  Responding to comments by transport secretary Grant Shapps indicating the government wants to make it harder for workers to strike, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Sunday):
  “For ministers to be focusing on undermining the fundamental rights of workers rather than tackling the cost of living crisis speaks volumes. They’re only interested in finding scapegoats for their own economic failures.
  “The right to strike is a vital line of defence to prote
  
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