News UK chief executive urges Press Recognition Panel not to consider applications from regulators with no members
The chief executive of News UK Mike Darcey has asked the Press Recognition Panel not to consider applications from potential…
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It has funding of £3m, eight staff and currently no one to regulate: Meet the Press Recognition Panel
Riding up in the glass lift at the Richard Rogers-designed offices of the Press Recognition Panel in the City of…
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Hacked Off: Mirror faces hundreds of hacking claims but could curb costs by joining Leveson-compliant press regulator
Campaign group Hacked Off has predicted that Trinity Mirror will face hundreds more phone-hacking claims. It follows news this morning…
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Phone-hacking victim and Murdoch ‘scourge’ Chris Bryant appointed shadow culture secretary
Labour MP Chris Bryant (pictured, Reuters) has been named as the shadow culture secretary, replacing Harriet Harman, who has held…
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Sajid Javid rules out Tory press regulation intervention: ‘Our job is done as a government. It’s up to the press’
A Conservative government would not seek to change the current system of press regulation, Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has said.…
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Leveson II, break up of News UK, state-backed press regulation… what the election could mean for journalists
The outcome of next month's general election could have dramatic consequences for the future of journalism in the UK. In…
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Lib Dem manifesto: If press hasn’t signed up for ‘genuinely independent self-regulation’ in a year, ‘Parliament will need to act’
The Liberal Democrat election manifesto calls for action from Parliament if the press continues to refuse to sign up to…
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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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