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The Reform leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, Councillor Mick Barton

Reform UK's ban against Nottinghamshire Live appears to have been watered down already after just one week. An article published on Thursday (August 21) led Nottinghamshire County Council leader Mick Barton to issue an unprecedented ban against us and the team of Local Democracy Reporters we manage.

The council confirmed on multiple occasions in statements to multiple outlets that Councillor Barton and all 40 of his colleagues would not be speaking to us. Yet at the first public county council meeting since the ban was issued, Councillor Barton told ITV that his councillors were not banned from speaking to us.

When Nottinghamshire Live attempted to contact one Reform councillor on Friday (August 29

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