We the undersigned petition the Council to not cut opening hours at Newton Hall Library.

Durham County Council is currently consulting on cutting the opening hours of Newton Hall Library from 43 to 20 hours. Libraries are a community asset which should be protected. Alternative means of funding have been identified by councillors to keep libraries open for longer and we believe that the Council should protect this well used facility and has the money with which to do this.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT: We provided numerous ways to fund keeping libraries open for longer including cutting teh cost of councillors, reducing te number of directors, cutting the council publicity rag county news, merging together the numerous communications teams in county hall, cutting other waste, purchasing more effectively and efficiently. All were rejected by Labour despite being confirmed as possible by officers. So these really are Durham Labour Party cuts.