The inaction of the DCMS has been highlighted by national campaigners.
The Bookseller: 11th July 2013
Library Campaign wards of library ‘slaughter’
The Guardian: 12th July 2013
Library Campaigners predict 1,000 closures by 2016
The Independent: 12th July 2013
Campaigners warn of libraries in crisis across England
Ms Swaffield said library users had appealed “time and again” to culture minister Ed Vaizey to intervene against the mass closures, “but he does nothing. And he does nothing about libraries that stay open but now provide a far worse service.
Iran Book News Agency: 14th July 2013