Government launches council newspaper consultation in UK

The coalition government has backed publishers’ complaints about council-run newspapers. Publishers have complained that, in some instances, council newspapers are being run as rivals to local newspapers, taking away advertising revenue in the process.

Secretary of state for communities and local government Eric Pickles will put forward proposals to curb council titles, launching a consultation on a revised Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity.

The proposals set out specific rules to stop municipal newspapers being published more than four times a year, with resources being redirected to “protect frontline services”.

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