questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the policy paper, Amplify: The Local Media Action Plan, published 17 March 2026, paragraph 115, what steps are being taken to stop councils hindering public scrutiny by journalists, and whether he will make it his policy to strengthen guidance in his area.
answerText: I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84641 on 29 October 2025.
heading: Local Government: Local Press