Publishing Company Blog: Kirklees set to close 24 of its 26 libraries

Situation is 'only the worst in a succession of similar cuts throughout the country', say campaigners

Ann Cleeves, the bestselling crime writer, has said she "could weep" at the news that 24 out of Kirklees' 26 libraries may close, a move described by experts as "the deepest proposed cut so far announced" for the UK's struggling library system.