Saving Libraries in Essex

The turning of the tide on library provision is really notable in my native Essex, where the SOLE campaign is fiercely hostile to volunteer libraries.  This is of course quite contrary to the experience in Brent where the library litigants actually sued the Council for not having volunteer libraries.  Since their unsuccessful litigation they have had some success in siphoning off money from the taxpayer, although fortunately not directly from the Libraries budget.

Diverting resources from public libraries is one of the real dangers of the volunteer library route, and one that the Essex campaigners are right to be wary of.