Improvement UK After the other, “massive attack on local democracy” has been accused Local council The leader banned his councilors from engaging with a major local newspaper.
Earlier this week, Nottingham post Said they were told Nottinghamshire County Council‘S Improvement The administration will no longer engage with the team of local democracy journalists funded with them or by the BBC who manages the paper.
This step, which despite this comes Party claims to defend free speechA meeting with displeasure. Paper Editor – including Nottingham Post And its online version Nottinghamshire Live – said it was “a worrying sign of potential things which was a worrying sign of potential things to come Improvement The next wins the election ”.
Meanwhile, Liberal Democrats stated that the step was “directly out of Donald Trump’s playbook”. He called upon Mr. Faraj to urge and urge the Reform Council leader Mick Barton to reverse the “dangerous and chilling” verdict.
And Michael Payne, Labor MP for Gedling, accused the improvement of “rank hypocrisy”.
talking to Guardian, Nottingham post Editor Natalie Fhi said: “This is a major attack on local democracy. I have been a journalist for 20 years. We have our ups and downs with all types of councils.
“We managed to recover, as most of the elected officials admit that this is equal to the course. You are going to receive some negative press. What you don’t do closes the shop.”
He said: “This is a worrying sign of potential things if the improvement wins in the next election.
“What are you looking at here in Nottinghamshire, perhaps it’s a subtle world how it will happen all over Britain Nigel Faraj Become Prime Minister. You are going to see just closing such questions.
“They need to be accountable to those who chose them. We do not take a political stand. We are not anti -reforms. We are just trying to find out what is going on.”
A row began after an interview with an interview with a local councilor – which showed him that he had a limited understanding in June – went viral.
A story published by local news outlets saw plans for the reorganization of the local government, and accused of internal disagreement within a group of councilors of reform.
Reform MP Lee Anderson has stated that he will join the boycott, after describing journalists at the first outlet as “Lefties out of so -called level journalists”.
A spokesperson for Max Wilkinson, Lib Dame Culture, Media and Sport said: “The reform step to stop local journalists from reporting on their work is directly out of Donald Trump’s playbook.
“This step determines for a dangerous and chilling example if the reform was to win power at the national level and goes against our deep inherent British values of freedom of the press. We must stand for an attack on reforms on those principles.
“Nigel Faraj pretends to champion free speech: I am calling him once in my political career to take some responsibility and demands that the leader of Nottinghamshire County Council Mick Barton reversed the decision.”
Mr. Gedling said: “Correction told us throughout the election, and continued to tell us that they are the party of free speech and transparency. But this decision in Nottinghamshire makes it clear that free speech and transparency applies only to everyone and not to themselves.”
The ban means that none of the 41 reform councilors will talk to Nottinghamshire Live and local democracy reporters, while press authorities have been ordered to remove the outlet from media distribution lists. This means that its journalists will not receive a press release or will not be invited to the events.
The outlet claimed that they have been told that they will receive statements from correction councilors only during an emergency, such as floods.
Reform UK has been contacted for comments.