Overview

• Leader Mick Barton has instructed officers to refuse interviews, remove Nottinghamshire Live from press lists, and withhold event invitations, with statements offered only in emergencies.
• All 41 Reform councillors are covered by the order, which followed a Nottinghamshire Live piece on local government reorganisation that reported an internal dispute as a claim.
• The restriction also applies to Local Democracy Reporting Service journalists managed by the outlet, curbing access for multiple local media that rely on LDRS coverage.
• Former council leaders, the Society of Editors, and opposition politicians condemn the move, while Liberal Democrats urge Nigel Farage to intervene.
• Ashfield MP Lee Anderson says he will join the boycott, and Reform UK declines to comment as the policy remains in force.