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A Look At The Real Spending On English Public Libraries 2007/12

Posted at 8:41AM Tuesday 12 Mar 2013

An observer could be drawn to conclude that there's no wonder there's pressure on the service with a figure like that. However, the inflation figure is contentious in that a large part of library budget is wages and, due to the pay freeze – and indeed to the reduction in pay experienced by many staff due to the loss of extra pay for weekend and evening working – councils will not be experiencing inflation at the same rate as you or me.

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