Andrew Motion attacks 'catastrophic' plan for volunteers to run libraries
Former poet laureate reacts with alarm to KPMG report on public sector reform that says libraries are 'not very much used'
Andrew Motion, the former poet laureate, has dismissed suggestions from consultancy KPMG that libraries are "not very much used" and should be run by volunteers as foolhardy, outlandish and potentially catastrophic.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 11 June, 2010
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