Birmingham City Council has confirmed a temporary change to library opening hours amid upcoming disruption from planned works.

The fate of the city’s libraries has been a recurring concern throughout the aftermath of the financial crisis which engulfed the council .

The Labour authority previously said its divisive plans for the service would see opening hours for ‘council-led statutory library provision’ fall from 1,049 to 763 hours a week.

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The council now wants to carry out refurbishment works at up to 10 libraries after acknowledging several buildings were in a “poor state of disrepair”.

They will include the installation of new more energy-efficient boilers, LED lighting upgrades and t

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