Saving up is fun isn’t it? You know, you put a few pounds and pennies together to make sure that you have a bit of money for that ‘sudden’ and ‘unexpected’ disaster. See, sensible innit?

Of course, there are many things that could suddenly and unexpectedly happen. Like waking up one morning and finding that your library has closed. Wow! I was not expecting that! Did you expect that? No. Shocking eh?

Luckily, your local council saves up pennies to deal with ‘sudden unexpected costs’. And guess how much they have in reserve? Go on, guess. Nowhere near. In March 2012 English local authorities expect to be holding £10.8bn in reserves. Yep. 10.8 BILLION. Wouldn’t take much of that to save the libraries would it?

Library saving rating: 5/5