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Opinion: Brent Labour’s shocking tactics over library closures

By Councillor Simon Green | Thu 31st May 2012 - 11:57 am

Running a Council is tough. Times are hard, budgets feel like they are shrinking. It was said before the 2010 General Election that the measures needed to put the economy right would be so harsh that whoever won would be out of power for a generation subsequently. All the more reason for Councils and Government to ensure that there is sensitive handling and community working on a very local level.

So as a councillor in Queen’s Park, Brent, I have been shocked, appalled and ashamed at the handling of the proposed closure of libraries in my area by the Labour Council.

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