Overview

• Any flags left up after Sept. 29 will be taken down and stored by Derby City Council for collection.
• The authority had previously left unofficial flags on street furniture unless they posed a health and safety risk.
• Future posters, banners and flags on public land will require standard permissions under council rules.
• Opposition councillors label the plan gesture politics and warn it could heighten frustration locally.
• The council says it is monitoring reports of flags used to intimidate as other areas set mixed policies, with York citing community fear and Blackpool removing safety risks.