Local Democracy Reporters

The BBC has been ordered to work more closely with publishers amid growing concerns about the threat it poses to the future of independent…

Editors across the country today rounded on the BBC, accusing it of being a ‘neighbour from hell’ determined to wreck independent local…

Two journalists have been named Local Democracy Reporter of the Year at an annual conference held to celebrate the work of 165 journalists…

A local democracy reporter’s freedom of information investigation revealed the Home Office failed to inform a local authority of plans to…

The mayor whose communications team tried to attend local democracy reporters from attending his mayoral briefings has gone to war with…

A local democracy reporter who champions social issues in London, has revealed how support from the Journalism Diversity Fund helped…

Tanya Fowles was the chief winner of the 2022 LDR awards after being named Local Democracy Reporter of the Year.

A local democracy reporter has uncovered shocking levels of abuse aimed at local councillors, including death threats, harassment, stalking…

“Nobody’s been banned. I didn’t invite you to my birthday party, but I didn’t ban you from it. It’s up to me. It’s not statutory, I’m not…

Industry leaders today condemned a directly-elected mayor and his communications team after they responded to questions they didn’t like…

It is, apparently, the golden rule of public relations or communications: Don’t become the story.

A local democracy reporter’s investigation has revealed why a GP surgery lost its contract to treat patients, leaving 12,000 people looking…

A Local Democracy Reporter made national headlines when he broke the news of another Conservative MP submitting a letter of no confidence…

A senior council officer as dismissed following allegations that she used council staff to build glamping pods, lay turf and remove a dead…

A new award created to celebrate the life of a popular journalist who died earlier this year has been presented for the first time.

It was one of the few journalism events which organisers managed to hold in person — but the awards had a distinctly similar result to…

Up to 10 million people are reading, watching to hearing news about local councils thanks to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the…

Local Democracy Reporters from across the country gathering in MediaCity, Salford, on Friday, for their annual conference — held in person…

George Makin, one of the first local democracy reporters in the country, is to be remembered by his peers through a new award named in his…

Tributes have been paid to local democracy reporter George Makin, who has died months after being diagnosed with incurable cancer.

Eighteen news organisations that have successfully bid to employ Local Democracy Reporters for a three-year period from July 2021 have now…

A latest round-up as the Labour leader’s walkabout in Bath became a national talking point

Here’s a latest look at what’s been making the headlines ahead of the local elections across many parts of the UK in May.

Gurdip Thandi, who covers local government in the Black Country for the Local Democracy Reporter Scheme, was named LDR of the Year at an…