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‘No easy answer’ for library funding, warns Bryant

Local authority spending on public libraries fell by 47% in real terms between 2009/10 and 2022/23.

Mary Stone
2 min read

Arts Minister Chris Bryant has warned he “does not have an easy answer” for the financial challenges facing English libraries.
In the latest annual report for libraries published this week...

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