Review into whether council plans to turn two facilities into gyms, which have provoked author protests, break the law
The government is to investigate a council’s plans to turn some of its libraries into gyms with unstaffed book-lending sections following a protest against the scheme which won support from authors including Nick Hornby and Ali Smith.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said it was treating objections to the Lambeth council plans as official complaints, the first stage in an investigation process which will determine if the south London authority has potentially breached the law.
Library occupation looks fun. Wonder what kids living in temporary accommodation in Lambeth will make of this. http://pic.twitter.com/4d6ZO17pz3
While they knock back wine in the library, almost 5000 homeless Lambeth children go to bed in temp accommodation... https://t.co/DjjLrVLWtC
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