London, UK. 5th November 2016. Sara Wajid from the Museums Association speaks on the steps in Trafalgar Sqaure at the end of the march by over two thousand people from the British Library in support of public libraries, museums and art galleries, under threat by government cuts and closures as local authority budgets are cut. In the UK since 2010, 8,000 paid and trained library workers have lost their jobs, 343 libraries have been closed (and another 300 or so handed over to volunteers); and one in five regional museums are at least partially closed. For those that remain open, many have seen
London, UK. 5th November 2016. Sara Wajid from the Museums Association speaks on the steps in Trafalgar Sqaure at the end of the march by over two thousand people from the British Library in support of public libraries, museums and art galleries, under threat by government cuts and closures as local authority budgets are cut. In the UK since 2010, 8,000 paid and trained library workers have lost their jobs, 343 libraries have been closed (and another 300 or so handed over to volunteers); and one in five regional museums are at least partially closed. For those that remain open, many have seen a cut in opening hours and in services including education programmes and services to the housebound, and many aspects have been privatised; museums are now largely run to generate income rather than primarily to educate and inform. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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