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| Save Lincolnshire Libraries campaigners win court battle | Save Lincolnshire Libraries campaigners win court battle |
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| Campaigners have won a High Court battle against cuts to council library services. | Campaigners have won a High Court battle against cuts to council library services. |
| A judge ruled Lincolnshire County Council's decision to re-design its services to save £2m was legally flawed. | A judge ruled Lincolnshire County Council's decision to re-design its services to save £2m was legally flawed. |
| The legal decision is a victory for the Save Lincolnshire Libraries group and Lincoln resident Simon Draper, who led the legal challenge. | The legal decision is a victory for the Save Lincolnshire Libraries group and Lincoln resident Simon Draper, who led the legal challenge. |
| The council wanted to continue running only 15 of its 45 libraries. | The council wanted to continue running only 15 of its 45 libraries. |
| The remaining 30 would have been handed over to communities and volunteers to run, or could have faced closure. | |
| Save Lincolnshire Libraries had collected a petition containing 23,000 signatures rejecting the council's plans. | |
| Mr Justice Collins ruled that there had been a flawed public consultation and the council had failed to deal with an alternative proposal properly. |