Comments on: “Vital for communities” https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/06/vital-for-communities.html What's happening to your library? Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:13:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Rubymalvolio https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2012/06/vital-for-communities.html#comment-281 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:25:22 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/2012/06/vital-for-communities.html#comment-281 Oxfordshire County Council’s subscription to the LGA is £68,988. They also host lots of conferences and training which also has costs involved so the true cost to the taxpayer each year is bound to be a lot higher. They spend a lot of money lobbying national government on behalf of local authorities, here is the 2010 >500 spending data from their site pivoted:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqdU0yhpP-MUdDVSZFdzMWVTRWhlYmFhS21FYW5fUWc#gid=3

I’m obviously not a fan 😀

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