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Many libraries, which are funded by local councils, do not know what their budgets will be for next year. However, Libraries Connected says that its members that do know are already considering cutting staff, services and the number of books they stock, with some even contemplating closure.
She says libraries have a "long history of being busier" during difficult economic times, but like every public service they will have to find ways to make efficiencies as the economy slows down. "Eating's more important than heating at the moment so I shall definitely be sat there with my dressing gown wrapped over me and a good thick duvet," says Ann Eastes. "It's going to be a tough winter."
"Some people think of some of the areas in Cheshire as very leafy and affluent, but we do have rural poverty. We've got a limited number of resources to give out and they are for extreme cases, but we see so many people who are telling us they are worried. How do we start to prioritise?"
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