We hear this evening from council sources that cuts to council budgets meant that the children's library in West Hampstead Library has been closed 25hours over the past month. The reason is the freeze on filling vacancies.

This is in Lib Dem Leader Keith Moffitt's own ward. On Wednesday night he happily sung the praises of his budget, which oversaw these cuts.

Meanwhile Camden Public Library Users' Group - senior committee members of which have long been Lib Dem activists - have stayed silent.

Are they not being told anything about these cuts? If not, do they not know about it? If they do, and haven't done anything doesn't there now not need to be a new organisation which can more accurately reflect the views of library users?

We ask these questions because there is silence at the moment.