CITY councillors have teamed up with local community groups to support the Save our Venues campaign and reverse Glasgow Life’s decision to shut some facilities permanently.

Conservative, Labour and Green councillors have criticised the move to only re-open 90 venues across the city while facilities including Whiteinch Library and the tennis and basketball courts in Victoria Park remain closed.

The tennis and basketball courts are one of several facilities where there is interest in a community asset transfer.

Whiteinch Community Council is demanding that a full service, comparable to other city libraries is provided from the same B-listed building near Victoria Park.

Spokesperson Elizabeth Brown from Whiteinch Community Council said: “You would be hard put to find many people from the area who would not want the library retained.”

Conservative councillor Ade Aibinu added: “Only a few months ago the leader of the council promised that no Glasgow Life library would close.

“Well, it turns out my constituents were right to be fearful. They have been completely misled by SNP councillors who seem to be content to allow vital community facilities to close rather than demand a fair funding settlement from their party colleagues.”

Labour councillor Maggie McTernan said the city SNP administration’s decision to move Whiteinch Library to Scotstoun Stadium had “been taken with no genuine engagement with the community”.

An SNP spokesperson added: “Despite Labour’s disinformation campaign and the rank hypocrisy of Tories committed to shredding community facilities, we are not in the business of removing library services.

“And far from the Victoria Park sports facilities closing, discussions are already under way to make them part of the huge shift towards community control and stewardship of local amenities that is taking place across the city.

“We cannot return to normal overnight and fully understand the concern and uncertainty within communities this has caused and will ensure they are kept fully informed of plans for local facilities.”