The city council says "there remains a threat of the closure of the libraries" in some of the most deprived areas of Nottingham. As such a councillor in Radford fears there will be "nothing left at all" within the community if the library in her ward is axed.
Labour-run Nottingham City Council recently detailed five possible options to save three under-threat libraries after thousands of residents, organisations and a campaign group condemned plans to close them down. While it was understood this was somewhat of a lifeline, the council says the threat of closure does indeed remain.
It has proposed to close the Basford, Aspley and the Radford-Lenton libraries to save £233,000, phased over three years between 2021 and 2024. It is now known however the phasing has already provided a saving of £154,000 to date, which has been achieved by a "restructure of frontline services".
