MPs back crackdown on press background terror briefings
Ministers are facing pressure to devise guidelines to govern briefings to journalists by police during anti terrorism operations. A Commons watchdog committee has backed pressure group…
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New low for Number 10 briefings
Parliament has been told that the flow of information to the media from Downing Street and Whitehall is now…
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Media secretary: BBC Trust will rule on local video plan
Media Secretary Andy Burnham has ducked a challenge to intervene in the row between regional newspapers and the BBC…
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The House of Lords’ extensive consultation on media ownership has led to demands for future newspaper and broadcasting mergers…
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Telegraph boss Aidan Barclay slammed by Lords for refusing to give evidence
Telegraph chairman Aidan Barclay has been severely criticised by peers for refusing to give evidence in an inquiry into…
By Lords committee calls for tighter media ownership rules
Peers have plunged Gordon Brown into potential conflict with media owners by demanding that future newspaper and broadcasting mergers…
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Commons Speaker in new row with journalists over advance copies of speeches
Commons Speaker Michael Martin has stormed into a new row with journalists – and upset Downing Street – by…
ByArmy chiefs will be free to talk to press
The Government is to lift the ban preventing regimental commanding officers from talking to regional journalists without securing Whitehall…
ByTrinity Mirror chief fears BBC will ‘distort’ local news market
Trinity Mirror this week sought the backing of the House of Lords to stop the BBC expanding online in…
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