Council evokes privacy over bridge demolishion

An interesting ruling from Leicester City Council which denied the Leicester Mercury access to a council debate on the demolishion of an historic bridge.

Hold the front page reports that

The city council marked the debate papers 'Not for Publication' but an insider leaked them to the Mercury last week, enabling the daily to begin its legal challenge over the weekend.
When the Mercury queried the council as to why the meeting had to be held in private, its response was that sensitive financial information would be discussed.

The paper was only able to report that the bridge was to be demolished