In our work to address social isolation we found that the critical social infrastructure in communities were parks, high streets & libraries. They're essential for community life but this isn't so much a libraries crisis but stems from insufficient funding for councils www.bbc.com/news/article...

Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services

Deprived communities lost more libraries since 2016 than richer areas did, the BBC finds

A view of the govt as a provider of services just reduces it to a set of transactions. It should be much more than that - govt supports the shaping of place alongside communities and business This was our overall report on social infrastructure www.gmcvo.org.uk/publications...