Reform UK领导的德比郡议会宣布停止与《德比郡Live》记者Eddie Bisknell合作，不再回应其信息请求 1。这一决定源于Bisknell对议会关于道路坑洞统计数据的报道，议会声称坑洞数量从4月的12000个减至不足700个，而记者的报道对这些统计数据提出了质疑 1。议会副领导Stephen Reed确认将忽视Bisknell的信息请求 1。
尽管Reed声称这不是禁令，但业界人士对此举表示强烈关切 1。Reach公司编辑总监Natalie Fahy批评这一做法是"最糟糕的双重标准"，实质上构成了一场禁令 1。编辑学会首席执行官Dawn Alford警告，"拒绝与记者合作因为反对其报道设置了危险先例" 1，威胁了民主监督职能。去年，邻近的诺丁汉郡议会也曾采取类似行动禁止记者，但后来在面临法律威胁后取消了该禁令 1。
Derbyshire Council, controlled by Reform UK, has announced it will refuse to cooperate with Eddie Bisknell, a reporter for Derbyshire Live, and will ignore his information requests.1 The decision follows Bisknell's reporting that questioned the council's statistics on pothole repairs, which the authority claimed had reduced the number of potholes from 12,000 in April to fewer than 700.1
Stephen Reed, the council's deputy leader, confirmed the boycott, though he stopped short of calling it an outright ban.1 The move has drawn sharp criticism from media professionals and press freedom advocates. Natalie Fahy, editor-in-chief at Reach, the company that owns Derbyshire Live, described the council's position as "the worst kind of double standard" and characterized it as a de facto ban despite the council's denial.1 Dawn Alford, chief executive of the Editors' Guild, warned that "refusing to work with a journalist because of opposition to their reporting sets a dangerous precedent" that undermines democratic accountability.1 A similar ban was imposed last year by Nottinghamshire Council, a neighbouring authority, though that council reversed the decision after facing legal threats.1
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