Ministers play down Hacked Off press regulation deal and insist new rules don’t breach European law
Minister for Government Policy Oliver Letwin has played down the significance of the cross-party talks in the early hours of…
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Hacked Off says Committee to Protect Journalists has embraced ‘staggering misrepresentation’ of media regulation plan
Pressure group Hacked Off has urged the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to support press regulation. Hacked Off’s executive director…
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Peter Preston: Victims of press have ‘unrealistic hopes’ for new regulator
Former Guardian editor Peter Preston believes victims of press abuse have “totally unrealistic hopes” for what a new regulator can…
ByAxegrinder: Do BBC-bashing newspapers have their own gagging clauses? That’s a secret
News that 20 former BBC staff claiming sexual harassment had spoken out to The Sunday Times about the gagging clauses…
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Bethany Usher: I was wrongly arrested after News Int gave one out-of-context email to the police
Former News of the World journalist Bethany Usher this week revealed she was wrongly arrested because a source failed to…
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Peter Wright denies Hacked Off’s ‘preposterous’ press collusion claims
Campaigners for tighter media regulation have accused ministers of "collusion" with the press after a leaked letter showed how a…
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Hacked Off rejects Tory Royal Charter plan as ‘Leveson defiant’ not compliant
The Conservative’s plans for a Royal Charter do not go far enough and are more “Leveson-defiant” than Leveson compliant, according…
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Lord McNally hopeful ‘Leveson law’ will be removed so ‘hijacked’ libel bill can be passed quickly
The minister responsible for the Defamation Bill has said he hopes the ‘Leveson law’ amendment made last week can be…
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