Sentence examples for closures of services from inspiring English sources
"We're likely to see more closures of services".
The Tory chair of the Local Government Association, Sir Merrick Cockell, warned the trajectory of government spending meant that current funding arrangements "will not see us through for very much longer" and would lead to the running down or wholesale closures of services such as libraries, road maintenance, school support schemes and youth clubs.
Temporary closures of services in recent years had proved the model could work, health commissioners said.
This was mainly due to massive military campaigns, frequent curfews, and closures of services in conflict areas, and subsequently, to an increase in the prevalence of TB in the population [ 9].
What will be the position on, for example, national requirements to consult on changes to, and closure of, services?
In May 2016 it announced the closure of services including BBC Food and the youth-focused Newsbeat page in response to complaints that its website was undermining commercial rivals.
The Tories and the Liberal Democrats - who previously worked in coalition before the latter withdrew its cooperation - are associated with the closure of services such as local community centres, he points out.
Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association, said: "When competition results in market failure in the NHS, the ultimate consequence is the closure of services and the restriction of choice for the patients who would have wished to use them".
In reality, this is a very significant fault line between the trust and the management – but especially director general Mark Thompson, who sees his own reputation taking a knock if the licence fee settlement he negotiated is seen to result in the closure of services.
Elsewhere there are talks of mergers between organisations or the closure of services to improve efficiency.
