Councils resist Pickles newspaper ban that ‘flies in the face of localism’

(featured on pressgazette.co.uk, 29/7/13)

Local authorities have  defended their right to continue publishing newspapers in the face of a Government bid to ban such publications. Gabriel Samuels reports.

One in ten councils are still breaching government guidelines introduced by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles in 2011 to limit publication of council newspapers to four times a year.