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Reform UK-led council fails to attract any sponsors for union flag scheme

Party had justified plan to hang flags in Nottinghamshire on basis that local businesses would foot £75,000 bill

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3

Reform-led council slammed over plan to spend £75,000 on flags

The 164 flags are set to be displayed across 82 locations, costing Nottinghamshire council £475 each

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Family firm of Reform UK council leader threatened with compulsory strike off

Mansfield Carpets (Contracts) Limited faced Companies House action over four consecutive years of delayed filings

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2025

Reform are ‘cowards’ for banning journalists from speaking to council chief – PM

The Prime Minister criticised Nigel Farage and questioned Reform UK’s commitment to free speech.

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

The golden rule of Trump and Farage’s free speech crusade: they’re allowed to chat rubbish – you’re not

The Reform leader has been in the US, bemoaning Britain’s ‘awful authoritarian situation’. It’s a shame about his party’s own anti-media huff back home, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2025

Reform media ban in Nottinghamshire is a disturbing glimpse of a future with Farage in power

COMMENT: As Nigel Farage attacked the state of free speech in the UK in front of a congressional committee in Washington DC, The Independent’s political editor David Maddox discusses Reform’s attitude to a free press

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Reform v the Nottingham Post: why local media is crucial to democracy

The proposed reorganisation of council boundaries was probably not the issue which prompted British voters to elect hundreds of Reform councillors at May’s local elections.

The Conversation · Sep 3, 2025

Reform called ‘bad JD Vance tribute band’ over journalist ban

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The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Reform ‘don’t have to talk to press acting as activists’ – Tice after media ban

The Reform leader of Nottinghamshire County Council has denied he told his councillors not to give interviews to a local newspaper.

Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025

The Guardian view on Reform UK v the Nottingham Post: a council’s boycott of its local paper is both petty and alarming

Editorial: Elected politicians should expect to be scrutinised. This attack on journalists is an attack on democracy too

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025