Ombudsman will not pursue investigation against authority
Local democracy reporters
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Local democracy reporters file 50,000 stories in first year
Service marks milestone almost exactly one year after first reporter began work
Police chief kept crime figures secret after being warned reporter was present
Inspector declines to reveal statistics in public after clerk’s warning
Union sets up group chapels for local democracy reporters
BBC-funded journalists ‘frequently feel isolated’ says NUJ
Industry report calls for 50 additional local democracy reporters
BBC and NMA publisher annual reviews of scheme
Editor hits out after local democracy reporter barred from council hearing
Authority accused of “double standards” over exclusion from meeting
Union wants LDR scheme to cover courts as tech giants face calls for levy
Call for expansion of taxpayer-funded journalism project
Sacked reporter’s appointment ‘unacceptable’, council boss told editor
Reporter claimed employment was terminated as result of complaint
Democracy reporter hiring ‘progressing well’ but more than 30 roles still vacant
Corporation says recruitment “is in line with expectations”
Council rejects journalist’s fresh bid to make secret Brexit report public
Authority claims two-year-old document now “obsolete”
Council blocks journalist’s bid to make secret Brexit impact report public
Local democracy reporter says authority has “shot itself in the foot”