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July 24, 2013updated 25 Jul 2013 1:49pm

Opinion poll suggests Parliament-backed press regulation has three times more public support than publishers’ plan

By Dominic Ponsford

A new poll commissioned by the Media Standards Trust suggests that most members of the public who express a preference back the Parliament-backed system of press regulation.

The YouGov poll asked 1,866 adults the following question:

A rival Royal Charter, agreed in a cross-party deal in March, is expected to go to the Privy Council in the autumn. It sets out a system of press regulation which is more independent of publishers, which is set in stone via legislation and which includes a compulsory libel disputes arbitration system.

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