Lancashire county council is planning to reopen nine of the 14 libraries it closed in 2016, while Shropshire is set to withdraw funding for eight of its branches
Fourteen libraries closed by Lancashire county council as part of a controversial money-saving plan could reopen, if a draft proposal by the local authority’s new administration gets the go-ahead.
The libraries were among 26 shut last year in a package of cuts worth £65m, imposed by the council’s Labour administration, which was later ousted in local elections. Before the cuts, the county was home to 73 libraries.
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