Labour shamed by “one star” for libraries
The libraries and other cultural services have gone into meltdown under Labour according to a report from the government spending watch dog. The Audit Commission rated Lambeth at “one star” for cultural services, despite alleged attempts by the Labour Party to block key critics from meeting the inspectors.
“Labour commissioned a Review of Libraries in 2006, but some two years later the report is still gathering dust on a shelf,” says John. “Since then nearly all the senior officers who were leading the service have voted with their feet and left the Council.
“Libraries in Lambeth are under threat of closure once again given the financial holocaust facing the administration. Leaving a service to wither on the vine is usually the first step to axing it.”
