Vanishing libraries opened to ‘con’ inspectors

Vanishing UK libraries opened to ‘con’ inspectors: Lambeth Council has been accused of inventing “ghost libraries” to con government inspectors and protect its position as London’s most improved local authority in a scandal dubbed “librarygate”.

The accusation is based on the mysterious opening of three book-lending, cultural information hubs, the week before a vital inspection into the quality of the council’s cultural services.