News release from the Government… open Council meetings up to hyperlocal Bloggers

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER Bob Neill has written to all councils urging greater openness and calling on them to adopt a modern day approach so that credible community or ‘hyper-local’ bloggers and online broadcasters get the same routine access to council meetings as the traditional accredited media have.

See the full press release at the Twitter link below:

http://twitter.com/#!/CommunitiesUK/status/40344256338079744