September 16, 2026
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Netherby Cross library will stay open. The argument about why has not finished.

A reprieve announced on Tuesday leaves the underlying budget line untouched, and the same decision due again next year.

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The building is safe until at least April 2028. That much is settled, and the campaign that achieved it is entitled to the win.

What has not changed is the structural position. The library service is funded from a discretionary line that has absorbed most of the savings asked of the directorate for six years running.

The council leader described the decision as a commitment. Asked whether the funding had been moved to a protected line, she said the question was one for the budget process.

That process begins in November.

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