Nottingham Post launches legal challenge over Reform press ban

A local newspaper launched a legal challenge against the decision of reforming the reform of the British Council leader to refuse to talk to reporters.

Nottinghamshire District Council leader Mick Barton did not talk to journalists from Nottingham Post and his online arm Nottinghamshire Live. Since August.

Now the CMS LLP, the law firm, served to the Council with a legal letter on behalf of Reach, who ruled the publisher and asked for the withdrawal of the ban.

Barton comes after the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDR), financed by three BBCs working outside the broadcast, to remove the ban.

The context and scope of the ban has been uncertain since its introduction.

According to the post, An article on the reorganization of local government, written Agenda editor Oliver asked for a ban with Pridmore.

The Council told BBC that Ban’s Barton and its party’s parliamentary members have “immediately entered into force” and prevented her speech.

The authority also stopped sending press releases to the broadcast and inviting them to the council activities.

But Barton Then only clarifying the ban applied Press releases and personally.

At that time, Senior Editor Natalie Fah said that he was “very anxious” by “unprecedented forbidden”. In contrast, Barton said the party would “not allow our governance to shape the narrative”.

Tuesday Post said legal letter He called for the ban to withdraw.

He added that the post believes that the ban was a legal basis because of the “irrationality”.

The post believes that the ban violates local government regulations, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights – freedom of expression – And the Council’s own parliamentary behavior rules.

The broadcast did not want to make any more comments when he contacted the BBC.

Meanwhile, on Monday, LDRS confirmed that Barton had removed the ban of three journalists after a special meeting between the cabinet of the authority.

This means that these reporters will be added back to the press list of the authority and to invite activities according to LDRS, as well as to make negotiations with reform councilors.

BBC Local News Partnership Editor Jason Gibbins, “Nottinghamshire Live’s local democracy correspondents by the Council led by the Council led by the Council, but we continue to encourage the full removal of the remaining journalists.

“Free and fair journalism is vital for local democracy and needs to be approved.”

Senior Political Figures Richard Tice and the leader Nigel Farage – I commented on the ban, but no solution has been found so far.

Barton and the Council were contacted for a comment, but they both did not respond when it was published.