What happened?
A London council has agreed to pay £5,000 damages to a pro-life charity. Last year, the Life charity was expelled from a fair run by Lambeth Council. The council defended the expulsion on Twitter, claiming that Life had supplied “inaccurate information”. It has accepted that this was false and offered to settle.
Why was it under-reported?
A story in which a pro-life charity appears as the innocent victim is, needless to say, unwelcome to many editors. When councils attack pro-life organisations on other grounds, there is often ample coverage: for example, several councils have made efforts to impose “buffer zones” stopping pro-life vigils which offer women practical help and support.
