Nottingham City Council has confirmed discussions are taking place over potentially making libraries volunteer-led. Three libraries currently face the axe as part of proposals to save £233,000.
The council is proposing to close Basford Library in Vernon Road, the Radford Lenton Library in Lenton Boulevard and Aspley Library in Nuthall Road, but these plans have been condemned by thousands in the city. With campaign group Save Nottingham Libraries at the helm, it has been argued the closures would be of severe detriment to some of the most deprived areas of the city.
It comes as the Labour-led authority faces commissioner intervention. It had been under the scrutiny of the Government-appointed improvement board which had been established upon the collapse of Robin Hood Energy, but the council's own progress to balance its books failed to appease.
