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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by pjc50 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @09:58AM (#38939578)
Libraries are one of the few non-statutory services of councils. Not all council services can legally be cut.
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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by ponow on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @04:25PM (#38943393)
That inflexibility must end.
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Re:Austerity Is an Antidemocratic Strategy to Boost Capital by pjc50 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @05:35AM (#38950370)
By repatriating all the obligations imposed by central government, such as social care, back to the central goverment budget? I agree. It's nonsense to use local democracy as a thin interposer layer on service delivery which is centrally funded.
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