Nottingham City Council is not guaranteeing the future of three libraries it pledged to keep open at the start of the year due to a "challenging" financial climate. One of those who campaigned to keep the Radford-Lenton, Basford and Aspley libraries open says there should not be a repeat of last year's "trauma", when all three were earmarked for permanent closure.
The proposals were first made at the start of 2022 as Nottingham City Council said savings of £233,000 were needed. The authority then announced at the start of this year that a "restructure of frontline services" meant less savings were needed.
It therefore kept all three libraries open, though with reduced opening hours. But the 'Save Nottingham Libraries' campaign group recently sent a letter to Nottingham City Council asking for the authority to commit again to keeping the three centres open.
