Media reform campaigners have welcomed Labour’s manifesto promise to tackle media plurality.

In its manifesto released yesterday the Labour Party said it would “take steps to protect the principle of media plurality, so that no media outlet can get too big”.

The party appeared single out Rupert Murdoch's News UK with apparent reference to the hacking scandal which said: "No media company should have so much power that those who run it believe themselves above the rule of law."