The Great Croydon Library Privatisation Fiasco

Friday 24th May

The Great Croydon Library Privatisation Fiasco

Posted at 8:32AM Thursday 28 Feb 2013

Croydon Council's plan to privatise their public libraries was in ruins as its hand-picked partners were revealed to have walked away from the £30 million, eight-year deal.

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