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"In 2024, libraries are unofficial creches, homeless shelters, language schools and asylum support providers – filling the gaps left by a state that has reneged on its responsibilities"
#UKpolitics #PublicServices #Libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jun/25/how-britains-libraries-provide-more-than-books
The Guardian · ‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books
"About 800, or almost a fifth, of the UK’s libraries have closed since 2010."