Economist joins growing opposition to proposed statute-backed press regulator
It is becoming increasingly likely that large sections of the British press could stay out of the statute-backed press regulator…
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DCMS: Trade titles, supermarket magazines and Stephen Fry not covered by new press regulator
Trade titles, supermarket magazines and Stephen Fry will apparently escape the attentions of the planned statute-backed press regulator. The Department…
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Nick Clegg plays down significance of late-night talks with Hacked Off which sealed Royal Charter deal
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today denied that newspapers were excluded from crucial talks on the creation of a powerful…
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UK plan for statute-backed press regulator draws condemnation from around the world
Plans for a state-backed press regulator have been condemned internationally by groups dedicated to freedom of speech. Campaigners fear that…
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Royal Charter: Lords leave way open for Scotland and Northern Ireland to have their own press regulation regimes
Parliament yesterday left the way open for Northern Ireland and Scotland to pursue their own separate press regulation regimes. The…
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YouGov poll shows public support for prominent apologies and exemplary damages
A YouGov poll has suggested broad support from the general public for recommendations that publishers be forced to carry prominent…
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Press backlash over regulation deal: So far only Independent has said it will join new regulator
'We can never lecture a Mugabe or a Putin on freedom of expression again' Statutory press regulation regime is passed…
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‘We don’t need new rules especially for journalists – the whole point is that their rights and responsibilities are identical to those of every other citizen’
An awful lot of nonsense has been written and spoken since the Guardian blew the phone-hacking scandal wide open in…
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