"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 next government. The company behind the paper has now begun a legal challenge against the council, after private talks failed to completely lift the ban. There has been a partial rolling back of the ban. It was lifted from a team of BBC-funded local democracy journalists that the paper also manages."
Nottinghamshire Live and the Nottingham Post have been barred from speaking to the leader of Nottinghamshire county council and removed from council media mailing lists by the Reform-led authority. The council leader, Mick Barton, objected to reporting on splits in his group over local government reorganisation plans. Reach Midlands Media began a legal challenge after private talks failed to fully lift the ban. The ban was partially rolled back for a BBC-funded local democracy team the publisher manages, but remains for other Nottinghamshire Live journalists. The legal letter cites breaches of Article 10 ECHR, local government regulations, and the council's code of conduct, and gives the council a deadline to respond.
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