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NS Hosts Lunch for Eric Pickles

Eric Pickles, Communities Secretary, attended a lunch for regional press publishers  hosted by the NS on Monday. Mr Pickles spoke to guests about a range of issues such as the importance of local newspaper journalism, local government openness, council newspapers, the Publicity Code and statutory notices.

The previous week, Mr Pickles attended a Newspaper Conference quarterly lunch at which he warned that councils which flouted the Publicity Code could face judicial review.

The NS is the voice of Britain’s local media, the UK’s most popular print medium. It represents 1,100 newspapers, 1,600 websites and other print, digital and broadcast channels.