A local paper whose journalists have been ostracised by a Reform UK council is taking legal action, arguing the move is a breach of its right to free expression.
The Nottingham Post, and its online site Nottinghamshire Live, has been barred from speaking to the council’s leader and removed from media mailing lists by the Reform-led Nottinghamshire county council.
The council’s leader, Mick Barton, took exception to a story about splits in his group over local government reorganisation plans. Natalie Fahy, the site’s editor, previously told the Guardian that the incident was a troubling sign of things to come should the party form the
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