Campaigners against Essex County Council's stance submit petitions with 30,000 signatures.

OVER sixty people joined a protest outside Essex County Hall on Tuesday before two petitions of over 30,000 signatures were presented at the full meeting of Essex County Council this afternoon.  The p...

Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!

Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!

CONSERVATIVE, Labour, and Liberal Democrat Essex County Councillors are set to join a protest against what has been described as a “diversity ban” within the county’s libraries. The demonstration will...

Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!

Stop the ban on Pride events in Essex libraries

Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!

For decades, our libraries have promoted a large range of themes and events linked to books, education, local issues, culture, and libraries themselves. As well as Pride, and Black History Month, ther...

I just signed the petition calling for Essex County Council to scrap reservation charges for books in Essex libraries. 2026 is supposed to be the National Year of Reading. This will just make accessin...

Library users across Essex will have to pay £1.15 to reserve physical books from Wednesday.

Library users across Essex will have to pay £1.15 to reserve physical books from Wednesday.

Save Our Libraries Essex (SOLE) have been advocating for services across the country and objected an introduced charge of £1.15, which will be due…

From the 1st April 2026, Essex County Council will be introducing a £1.15 charge for reservations made by adult library cardholders. We want to gather the publics view about these changes. - From th...