Reform UK council in Nottinghamshire ends ban on local journalists

Shut-out of Nottingham Post and its website reversed after threat of legal action over damaging freedom of expression

A Reform UK council has ended its ban on journalists from the area's biggest local newspaper after being threatened with legal action over damaging the outlet's freedom of expression.

Nottinghamshire county council, which has been led by Reform since the local elections earlier this year, said it was committed to the principles of openness" after lifting the sanctions it had placed on journalists from the Nottingham Post and its website, Nottinghamshire Live.