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July 29, 2013updated 19 Sep 2013 11:12pm

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

By Gabriel Samuels

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

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.

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