Half of Norfolk’s libraries could face closure
Posted: 15 Oct 2015, 10:26Half of Norfolk’s libraries could face closure under worst case scenario for county council cuts
10:44 15 October 2015 Dan Grimmer
More than half of Norfolk’s libraries could face closure “as a last resort” if deep and radical cuts to help plug County Hall’s multi-million pound funding gap go ahead.
With Norfolk County Council needing to save £111m over the next three years, each department has been asked to identify ways to be spending 25pc less by 2018/19,
And the latest list of possible cuts and savings - for the communities and environmental services department - puts forward the possibility of saving £14.74m through 26 proposals.
One of the proposals likely to prove most controversial is to save £1.6m by only providing libraries at only about 20 of Norfolk’s current 47 sites.
If that were to go ahead, it would mean libraries would have to be shut or delivered in other ways - such as being transferred to communities to operate.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/pol ... _1_4272231
10:44 15 October 2015 Dan Grimmer
More than half of Norfolk’s libraries could face closure “as a last resort” if deep and radical cuts to help plug County Hall’s multi-million pound funding gap go ahead.
With Norfolk County Council needing to save £111m over the next three years, each department has been asked to identify ways to be spending 25pc less by 2018/19,
And the latest list of possible cuts and savings - for the communities and environmental services department - puts forward the possibility of saving £14.74m through 26 proposals.
One of the proposals likely to prove most controversial is to save £1.6m by only providing libraries at only about 20 of Norfolk’s current 47 sites.
If that were to go ahead, it would mean libraries would have to be shut or delivered in other ways - such as being transferred to communities to operate.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/pol ... _1_4272231