A row over funding could see two libraries close in two of Liverpool’s most deprived areas. Now locals have rallied to stop it.

The community libraries at Dovecot Multi Activity Centre (MAC) and Breck Road in north Liverpool are operated by Alt Valley Community Trust (AVCT) , who stepped in a decade ago to run them when they faced closure because the council couldn’t afford to run them.

Liverpool City Council pays £55,000 to fund the libraries every year. Now campaigners say they are facing being defunded over unpaid debts. The council said the trust owes them “substantial debts” over multiple services, including £80,000 on the lease for the Breck Road building.

The library at Dovecot Multi Activity Centre in Liverpool could close after a funding row. Image: Liam Geraghty

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