The children's laureate, Malorie Blackman, has attacked the government for failing to intervene to stop local authorities closing libraries, arguing that they should be ringfenced from spending cuts. Hundreds of libraries have closed over the past three years as a result of cuts to local government funding. Writing in the Guardian, Blackman said: "While I appreciate that in these austere times all local authorities are seeking to make savings, there is surely a strong argument for library services and in particular children's library services to be ringfenced against such cuts. Yet this government has not once seen fit to intervene."
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