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Labour MP Aspana Begum calls for a moratorium on library closures and service cuts     Begum has lodged a House of Commons motion demanding that libraries are protected from closures and cuts, in the post pandemic period. Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn are among the supporters of the Early Day Motion. She said: “Libraries in the UK face their greatest crisis since the Second World War. “But even before the pandemic, a decade of Tory austerity saw libraries, that so many of us rely on, placed under extreme financial pressure. “Closures a...

The council denied reports of any plans to close the centres when contacted by the East London Advertiser last month. But things are not getting better. “We are having to make savings to balance our budget to protect essential services,” mayor John Biggs said in a statement to the paper this week. Under threat... Cubitt Town library on the Isle of Dogs facing budget cuts. Picture: Google - Credit: Google “The options under consultation would build on the changing ways residents are using Idea Stores and libraries by offering a flexible service to meet the needs of changing communities.�...