Local Press: Costs
Commons · Question 125871 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Future of news is local, says Culture Secretary, as she launches the first action plan to back local news in a generation, published on 1
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 20 Apr 2026
As part of Amplify: The Local Media Action Plan, the Government is launching a Regional Media Forum, to establish a framework for best practice in engagement between local journalists and the local public services which they scrutinise, identifying any ar...