The cuts, which will save the council £1.2 million a year, will not be reversed, despite a bid by councillors opposed to the closures to call in the original decision made in favour of cuts earlier this month.
The decision to go ahead with closures was upheld by 26 councillors in the vote held at an extraordinary council meeting on Wednesday night, with 23 voting against and one abstaining.
The cuts will see the city’s 15 children’s centres reduced to four ‘super centre hubs’, with three outreach centres to support them.
The four hubs will be set up at Honeyhill in Paston, East children’s centre in Eastfield, First Steps in Welland and Orton’s in Orton Malborne.
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