More than 180 council-run libraries in the UK have either closed or been handed to volunteer groups since 2016
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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.
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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