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The '''Local Democracy Reporting Service''' is an initiative in the United Kingdom funded by the BBC, which employs journalists to work with local independent news outlets, to improve the coverage of issues relating to [[Local government in the United Kingdom|local democracy]].<ref name="LDRS">{{cite web |title=Local Democracy Reporting Service |url=https://www.bbc.com/lnp/ldrs |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=25 June 2022 }}</ref><ref name="Lock">{{cite web |title=Local Democracy Reporting Service: A model for public broadcasters? |first1=Harry |last1=Lock |url=https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/local-democracy-reporting-service-a-model-for-public-broadcasters/ |publisher=Public Media Alliance |access-date=25 June 2022 |date=2 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="RadioExe">{{cite web |title=Local Democracy Reporting Service |url=https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-features/ldrs-in-devon/ |website=Radio Exe |publisher=Radio Exe |access-date=25 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Its core purpose is stated as being "to provide impartial coverage of the regular business and workings of local authorities in the UK, and other relevant democratic institutions such as mayoralties, combined authority areas, P&CCs, quangos, etc."<ref name="LDRS" /> The scheme launched in 2017.<ref name="Lock" />

Stories written by the 165 "'''Local Democracy Reporters'''" ('''LDRs''') employed by the scheme are pooled and can be used by multiple participating news organisations., including the BBC<ref name="LDRS" /><ref name="Lock" /> LDRS stories have featured on national BBC radio and television news programmes.<ref name="Lock" />

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