Labour’s media plurality pledge: Campaigners want 30 per cent ownership cap which would hit News UK
Media reform campaigners have welcomed Labour’s manifesto promise to tackle media plurality. In its manifesto released yesterday the Labour Party…
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Lib Dems promise law to stop journalists who act in public interest being ‘dragged through the courts’
A new law to protect journalists from unnecessary prosecutions is set to be included in the Liberal Democrat manifesto. The…
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Conservative manifesto pledges protection for journalists under bill of rights and makes no Leveson commitments
The Conservative Party has pledged to offer journalists “explicit protection” under the British Bill of Rights, which it wants to…
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Green Party manifesto includes pledge to scrap RIPA and threat of Leveson legislation
The Green Party’s 2015 general election manifesto has called for the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to be scrapped, citing…
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Daily Mail’s Lord Rothermere has most to fear from Labour manifesto plurality pledge
The Labour Party's pledge to tackle "concentrations of unaccountable power" in the media looks like it is targeted at News…
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Labour manifesto pledge to change media ownership rules and implement Leveson recommendations
The Labour Party has today pledged “implementation of the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry” in its 2015 election manifesto. The…
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David Cameron snubs Huddersfield daily on ‘carefully staged’ visit to factory
There was more evidence the extent to which journalists feel frozen out of a stage-managed election campaign as David Cameron…
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As national press leans strongly in favour of Conservatives, Labour opens slender poll lead
The political leanings of the UK's national newspaper titles appear to be sharply at odds with those of the general…
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