Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Austin Mitchell (Labour), on Wednesday, 4 July 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 35 members in total.

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LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AS COMMUNITY ASSETS

That this House supports local newspapers as a valued part of the community across all parts of the UK; believes they should be designated as community assets under the Localism Act 2012; supports such an extension under the Act as it will allow threatened newspapers to explorealternative ownership models; further believes that local newspapers are able to report on and hold to account local politicians in ways that the national media is not able to do and that local newspapers are essential to local business through advertising; and calls on the Government to convene discussions with local newspaper groups and the National Union of Journalists in order to safeguard this invaluable source of local news across the country.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

326 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

John Pugh

Mark Durkan

Graham Stringer

Jonathan Edwards

Subjects

Press

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk