Local media needs support if devolution push is to succeed, publishers say
Andy Burnham with the mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield on Friday. Photograph: Annabel Lee-Ellis/PAView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham with the mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield on Friday. This needs resourcing to make effective.”Under a scheme announced earlier this year, the government will provide up to £12m of funding over two years to support local news outlets as it tries to fill so-called “news deserts”.
- ▪Andy Burnham with the mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield on Friday.
- ▪Photograph: Annabel Lee-Ellis/PAView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham with the mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield on Friday.
- ▪This needs resourcing to make effective.”Under a scheme announced earlier this year, the government will provide up to £12m of funding over two years to support local news outlets as it tries to fill so-called “news deserts”.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/01/publishers-call-for-stronger-local-media-under-andy-burnham-devolution |
| Publication time | Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:48 GMT |
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Andy Burnham with the mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield on Friday. Photograph: Annabel Lee-Ellis/PAView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham with the mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield on Friday. Photograph: Annabel Lee-Ellis/PADevolutionLocal media needs support if devolution push is to succeed, publishers sayShift from Westminster risks weakening scrutiny as regional titles battle hostility, big tech and ‘news deserts’Ben Quinn Political CorrespondentSat 1 Aug 2026 05.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleGreater support for local media is needed to hold mayors and councils to account under Andy Burnham’s plans for devolution, which would involve a massive transfer of power into…
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