Category Archives: Update

Reason to stay cheerful… Appeal Granted!!!

Posted on 24/01/2013 by

The temptation to jump around with giddy excitement here at Save Doncaster Libraries is being tempered with the reality that this is a battle won… Below is the Press Release from our Lawyers, Public Interest Lawyers, released yesterday.  This details … Continue reading →

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2-tier service, with no winners.

Posted on 18/07/2012 by

Bear with us, this post will be a long one. Long-term, active campaigner Doug tabled the following question to the Mayor, which was answered at a full council meeting on Thursday 12th July, “I would appreciate a breakdown of all … Continue reading →

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Rumours and the Truth

Posted on 10/07/2012 by

The letter reproduced below first appeared here, Doncaster Free Press Letters page on Thursday July 5th. A waste of our taxpayers’ cash? I READ with interest ‘Mayor faces judge over library cuts’ on page 2 of the Doncaster Free Press on … Continue reading →

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Mood Low…

Posted on 24/05/2012 by

Well…  65% of the 30.57% of Doncaster people who voted in the May 3rd elections have chosen to continue with the Mayoral System.  Whether this be a re-election of the current incumbent or another person it still means power in … Continue reading →

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We need your money!!! And further information regarding DMBCs true efforts.

Posted on 04/03/2012 by

As we have said previously, we are making all manner of effort to match the Legal Aid funding granted to our campaign regarding a Judicial Review, which continues making its course.  Donations are welcomed in different ways, you could simply … Continue reading →

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Private Eye and Doncaster

Posted on 11/01/2012 by

Such is the lack of foresight still being shown by Doncaster Council regarding it’s library service that we have the honour of being named and shamed in Private Eye. Whilst the issue in question is not yet available online, we … Continue reading →

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Update and Open Letter to Ed Vaizey

Posted on 14/12/2011 by

Save Doncaster Libraries is proud to add its signature to the Open Letter to Ed Vaizey, MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries. We (and thousands around the country) believe he is neglecting his responsibility to superintend the UK’s … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate library closures

Posted on 24/11/2011 by

Yesterday DMBC Cabinet confirmed that despite being aware of the inequalities to vulnerable and marginalised groups its strategy involves, and admitting (at the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee meeting last week) that it will result in a reduced standard of … Continue reading →

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DMBC Must Take Equalities Duties Seriously

Posted on 17/11/2011 by

Many congratulations to our fellow campaigners in Somerset and Gloucestershire, who have won their Judicial Reviews. Voices for the Library report: Gloucestershire and Somerset library campaigners heard today that they have won their claim over library cuts and closures. The … Continue reading →

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Overview and Scrutiny Notes

Posted on 16/11/2011 by

Many thanks to Gill Johnson for writing up her notes of last week’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting. (A shorter version is available here) The tone of the Overview and Scrutiny (O & S) Committee on 10th November to consider … Continue reading →

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