The entire operation of Reach plc is run by a skeleton staff with the Telegraph being one of the most skeletal parts of it.
Much of the website is run centrally by Reach with the local staff just uploading stories.
If the telegraph editor puts in a request for a change like that it will be overlooked by the need to find new and creative ways to make the site unusable with intrusive ads, or to fight ad-blockers that people use because of the intrusive ads.