Local Newspapers As Community Assets

EDM number 326 in 2012-13, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 04/07/2012.
Categorised under the topic of Press.

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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.