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Libraries to reopen in Lancs

Lancashire CC has approved more than £3m towards reopening libraries after a minister threatened to investigate cuts to the service.

By Mark Conrad | 26 July 2017

Lancashire CC has approved more than £3m towards reopening libraries after a minister threatened to investigate cuts to the service.

The council was criticised for closing 26 libraries last year in a £65m cost-cutting effort.

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