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CAMPAIGNERS in Lincolnshire won a major High Court battle yesterday to prevent cuts to library services.
After a two-day hearing, Mr Justice Collins ruled that Lincolnshire County Council’s decision to shut or reduce services at 32 of its 47 libraries in a bid to save £2 million was legally flawed.
Quashing the council’s decision, Mr Justice Collins said that “the means by which the council reached its decision was flawed in two respects.”
Campaign group’s legal challenge against decision to approve proposals dismissed
Holding office in local government is a poisoned chalice for a party that bases its electoral appeal around issues where it has no power whatsoever, argues NICK WRIGHT
GEOFF BOTTOMS, who has worked in a palliative care hospice for 11 years, argues the postcode lottery for proper end-of-life care must be ended to give the terminally ill choice and agency