“Ed Balls has called on councils not to undermine local media outlets by trying to compete for readers and advertising revenue with their own publications and websites.”
I wonder if Mr Balls has any plans to ask the local newspaper groups to pay journalists to cover local news with a bit of enthusiasm, accuracy or fairness.
Perhaps the lazy reporter who covered the speech couldn’t be botherered to write that bit up? 
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