Local Broadcasting
(asked on 2nd June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Local Democracy Reporting Service funded reporter posts are currently hosted by Reach plc publications.
This question was answered on 10th June 2026
The Local Democracy Reporting Scheme currently provides 165 journalists in local news rooms across the country.
The BBC publishes a full list of the allocated LDRS contracts and reporters which is available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/lnp/documents/reporter_contract_distribution_2025_v3.pdf. 83 reporters were allocated to Reach in the most recent round of contract awards last year.