We, the undersigned, oppose the university management's planned closure of the newspaper and demand that they reconsider the scrapping of such an important and valued institution.
Leeds council postponed the planned closure of the centre for four months to give the consortium more time to put a detailed bid together and identify funding.
It included the planned closure of 50 big stores, opening some smaller ones and shedding 400 people (mostly in corporate and support roles) from its 180,000-strong workforce.
There have been demonstrations against the planned closure.
The objectives and scientific rationale for the trial(s) will be described, and the status of the trial(s) (present accrual, planned closure date) will also be provided.
The planned closures will really hurt the local economies and the supply chain will be badly hit".
According to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, 349 libraries have closed since 2009, while the Library Campaign has collated reports of 340 planned closures in 2013.
"Given the price of gold, and the current exchange rate, we are finding it difficult, but we have no planned closures," said Frank Webster, the company's director of personnel and public relations.
The fantasy writer Neil Gaiman has referred to the planned closures as "stealing from the future," while the musician Nicky Wire, of Manic Street Preachers, has characterized the decision as "a direct attack on the soul of the country".
Since her nomination in 2013 she and her team have worked with parents to stop cuts for children with disabilities, successfully kept a threatened local nursery open, fought planned closures to GP surgeries, and campaigned for a better bus service.
