“No easy answers”

Editorial“No easy answers” is how Chris Bryant, the relevant minister for public libraries, describes his views on the sector in his foreword to Libraries Annual Report 2024. Well, there is Chris, but not one that the current government is apparently willing to consider. This is to restore some of the 50% of total funding that has been taken from the sector since 2010.Faced with an unwillingness by all parties to face the currently politically long-term unfashionable view that you ge