Last week, the Government announced a review of the statutory duties placed on local authorities by central government. 1294 are currently under review and the Government is asking the public to comment on these duties and “to challenge government on those which you feel are burdensome or no longer needed”. Three of these duties refer to public libraries and the statutory duty to provide a functioning library service.
I would therefore advice you to take part in the informal consultation process and to encourage others to do so too. The link to the questionnaire is here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GP7BKKTvailable is a duty of central and local government and we need to make sure that the current Government recognises this.
There is more information on this review at the Voices for the Library website here and also here. These posts include the reference numbers to specific duties that the questionnaire requires of respondents.
Please take part in this and encourage other people to do so too. Making information a
Thank you,
Simon Barron
Voices for the Library
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