Two children's centres and a library are proposed to close in Aspley in Nottingham City Council's efforts to bridge a £28m funding gap. While a charity has moved out of a youth centre in light of what it described as an 'unsustainable rent increase' enforced by the council.
But parents living in Aspley said their children had been "left behind" with "nowhere to go". Their comments come after the Labour-run authority announced two children's in the suburb, in Amesbury Circus and Minver Crescent, were among a group of five centres which, subject to a consultation, could close to save money.
The city council, which has blamed a lack of central Government funding, had earmarked six centres for closure but revised this down following consultation. Aspley Library in Nuthall Road is proposed to shut along with the Radford Lenton and Basford libraries.
