Nottingham Post takes legal action against Reform ban

A local paper whose journalists have been banned by a Reform UK council is taking legal action, arguing its right to free expression has been breached.

- Michael Savage Media editor

The Nottingham Post and its online site, Nottinghamshire Live, have been barred from speaking to the council's leader and removed from media mailing lists by Nottinghamshire's Reform-led county council.

It came after 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 Reform 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.