COUNCIL chief executive Steven Broomhead will be joining the national Libraries Taskforce.

Mr Broomhead will be taking up a position on the board after an invitation from the chair of the taskforce Kim Bromley-Derry, chief executive of Newham Council.

He was the chair of Warrington's libraries working group, which formed to review the results of consultations over the borough's provision.

The national taskforce was formed after the independent library review for England to provide leadership and help to reinvigorate the public library sector, as well as showcasing and promoting the 'excellent work already happening' in libraries across the country.

Mr Broomhead said: "It will be good to learn, and contribute to, best practice elsewhere in order to bring back to Warrington to ensure we have a library service that we can all be proud of in the future."

The taskforce is jointly sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Local Government Association.