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They started the council budget meeting five hours ago....and still the substantive votes have yet to appear on the horizon. Thanks to the texts and Tweets - and occasional views of the council's excellent webcasting service - I gather that so far councillors have voted 54 - 48 (with one abstention) against an ammendment which would have required any library closures to come before the full council; and by 63 - 39 (with one abstention) not to put extra money into Adult Social Care should the government come up with any additional cash. Another amendment designed to allow more time for leisure centres and swimming pools went down by 55 votes to 46. The libraries vote was closer than I expected and I'll be interested to see the attendance list - but that can wait til Monday!