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Birmingham City Council Spends £187m On New Library - And Cuts Book Fund

Posted at 7:22AM Thursday 02 Sep 2010

Cash-Strapped Birmingham City Council has cut its book-buying fund – as it spends £187 million on a showpiece library.

The £200,000 saving, from the £1.3 million Central Library book-buying fund, was part of a £5.4 million cuts package.

But Labour claimed the decision made a nonsense of claims by the city's ruling Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition that the replacement for the Central Library, currently being built in Centenary Square, would be world class.

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Is it time to revive the library? (Economist)


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