City Council: Keep our Libraries open!

At last Thursday's meeting of the full City Council meeting I proposed a motion to ask the County Council to rule out library closures in the City.

The motion was passed unanimously sending a strong message to the Conservative run County Council of how much our libraries are valued. Our library network is vital not only for the people of all ages who use it for educational and leisure purposes, but because it plays a key part in our communities.

Taking away our libraries impacts on the whole fabric of our society, denying people access to life-long learning opportunities and the wide range of events that take place there.

I grew up in a village with a travelling library so I also know the great benefits that rural libraries bring to people who have few other services. At the Cabinet meeting it appeared that Tories in the county council Cabinet know that libraries will be lost and they are fighting to protect those in their own wards.

We need to keep the pressure on the County Council to rule out closures anywhere in the County, but especially in King's Hedges.