Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 123450

Local Press: Subscriptions

Tabled: 24 March 2026

Answered: 1 April 2026

Question

John Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Policy paper entitled Amplify: The Local Media Action Plan of 17 March 2026, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a 14-day cooling-off period on the

Answer

Kate Dearden

The government is committed to ensuring a healthy and plural local media for the benefit of communities and citizens across the UK. We have launched a Local Media Action Plan to help local newsrooms across the country innovate and adapt their business mod...

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