Campaigners say they are "ecstatic" at the news Labour councillors pledged to keep three at-threat Nottingham libraries open. It comes after the Labour-run Nottingham City Council proposed to close Basford, Aspley and the Radford-Lenton libraries in order to cut costs.
Labour Group councillors held a meeting at Loxley House on Monday (November 7) to discuss the future of the libraries. In a close vote of 21 to 19, the councillors voted to keep all three libraries open, giving campaigners who have been fighting to save the libraries from closure hope they may remain in operation.
A firm decision is still to be made by the city council's executive board, however, but members of the Save Nottingham Libraries group, who have been campaigning for nine months, have expressed their relief at the news.
