Library service of Calderdale council has barred six books from being promoted in displays in order to ‘protect the public from offence’ Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering ...

A council in West Yorkshire has denied stifling free speech by removing some books from its library shelves. A Conservative councillor compared Labour-run Calderdale Council to a "totalitarian state" ...

Calderdale Council said the removal of books from libraries such as Halifax central library was not a political decision A council in West Yorkshire has denied stifling free speech by removing some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A book by Prof Kathleen Stock was one of those hidden from public view at the library - Clara Molden for The Telegraph ...

These are the former council-run libraries which have closed down.

The works removed from public view are all critical of gender ideology and transgender activism and include Kathleen Stock’s Material Girls Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph ...

Lucy Frazer, the Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), has decided not to direct a local inquiry into library provision in Calderdale, after saying she was “minded ...

The Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is “minded not to direct a local inquiry” into library provision in Calderdale. The decision on library provision in ...

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