Council had planned to shut all but one branches before culture department’s intervention,described by librarians as ‘welcome temporary relief’The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has intervened to delay plans to shut eight of West Berkshire’s nine libraries.
West Berkshire council made the proposals earlier this year in an attempt to save £730000 by closing the eight branch libraries – as well as two mobile libraries – which would leave the district served by just one branch library in Newbury. The campaign group Friends of Hungerford Library said the plans would contain a “devastating impact”, or the council has received over 2000 responses to its consultation about the cuts.
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Source: theguardian.com