Culture Secretary steps in to question library closures

The Government has stepped into the row over Lancashire’s controversial plan to shut 21 libraries to save money.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has announced that the matter is now being treated as a formal complaint and has asked the county council to explain its actions.
Ben Wallace, MP for Wyre and Preston North, made representations to the Department for Culture Media and Sport after LCC announced it would be going ahead with its programme of closures.
After hearing that the issue is now being investigated in Whitehall, Mr Wallace said: “All along my concern has been for those... read more