One of the legal challenges to the library closures in Northants has been successful. This may not be the great news that the campaigners in Northants no doubt hope for. As I explained back in April, Northants just has run out of money.
There will now be a delay as the Council has to go through the decision making process again, but the disastrous budgetary situation remains, so I imagine any changes to the policy will be very limited. The challenge was successful, judging by press reports, on the grounds that councillors had not considered the full impact. Once they do consider them, they might in principle decide the same thing.
However a delay in the decision probably also means a delay in sending out redundancy notices, more staff consultation and so on, so the court case may have the effect of making the cuts somewhat deeper than they would have been.
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