The Guardian: "We need a coalition of resistance against local council cuts"

"Barnet Blogger Therese Musgrove, with her avatar at [Friern] Barnet Library;
her group campaigned against services cuts."
Link to The Guardian

"As the new year dawns, councillors around the country will start drawing up budgets for 2013-14. Sharp and continuous reductions in government grants totalling 30% will result in severe cuts to balance the books. By law, they have to do this. Town halls can't run deficit budgets, unlike the government."