Save Lambeth's Libraries from Green Party Cuts

The Green Party is planning cuts to our local libraries in Lambeth.

Local libraries are a critical part of our community -where children discover a love of reading, students study, job seekers find work, and residents access vital digital services.

In July, the Green Party’s own Cabinet set out “the significant management action being taken to reduce the Council’s forecast overspend” (page 23) including “the reduction of libraries opening times” (page 43).

This was a shock because the Green Party had promised in their 2026 Lambeth election manifesto to “restore funding” to Lambeth’s libraries!

Subsequently it has become clear that Lambeth is also planning to cut the Head Librarian of Lambeth.

Closing libraries on Sundays and Mondays hurts working families, school children, and vulnerable residents the most. Slashing access to a service already running on a shoestring budget makes it unstable.

Liberal Democrats outside the Minet Library

Save our Lambeth Libraries Funding

We call on Lambeth Council to:

Immediately abandon the proposal to reduce library opening hours on Sundays and Mondays.

Provide reassurance to Lambeth’s library users they will not cut libraries further.

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