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September 9, 2014

Sir Alan Moses says IPSO is not Leveson-compliant but insists that it will be independent

By Dominic Ponsford

Head of new press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation Sir Alan Moses today insisted that the new body would live up to the first word of its name.

Guardian News and Media has refused to sign up to IPSO (yet) claiming “industry tentacles” reach into the “funding, control and constitutional arrangement of the new regulator”.

Asked by Press Gazette how he would address such concerns, Moses said: "I quite understand their suspicions and it’s up to IPSO to demonstrate its independence. Both the board and I are absolutely committed to the independence of IPSO and freedom from control.

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