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Like John we have work to do and are all out of breath from holding it - and anyway we're working when he i.e. Gordon Brown gave his speech and only seen headlines - perhaps a press release from DCMS would help! Frances ---------- From: John Murphy[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Reply To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 10 March 1999 14:42 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: ?1,700,000,000 Michael, Perhaps we will all have a chance to think about and respond to the governments proposals in due course. I'm sure most of us were doing what we normally do on a Wednesday morning after any budget....trying to open up and deliver services to the public. Gordon may have spoken, but the world it goes on! John Murphy Group Manager Central Information Group Sheffield Libraries, Archives & Information > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of > [log in to unmask] > Sent: 10 March 1999 12:35 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: ?1,700,000,000 > > > > I though the list would be abuzz with discussion on the budget speech > where it comments on libraries being one of the possible sites for the > 1,000 community learning centres (driven by 1.7 billion pounds!). > > So I'll be first. Have a look at > > http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget99/speech.html > > No further information yet on how this will pan out in reality but it > looks hopeful. > > Michael > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%