Ed Vaizey accused of giving Commons 'misleading' figures on library closures

Librarians’ association writes open letter expressing ‘strong objections’ to statistics cited by culture minister in February

Librarians have accused the culture minister, Ed Vaizey, of quoting misleading figures about library closures in order to “present a particular view” of the challenges the UK’s library service is currently facing.

With libraries across the country facing closure – Swindon is planning to hand 14 of its 15 facilities to volunteers, while last week Bradford pulled out of running 14 of its libraries – Vaizey was asked on 23 February by the Labour MP Clive Betts about the number that have shut down since 2010.

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