Labour rejects Royal Charter plan: There can be no watering down of Leveson
Current Conservative proposals for a Royal Charter that would oversee a new press watchdog "do not implement the Leveson report",…
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Press owners welcome Tory plan for independent regulator underpinned by Royal Charter
Despite voicing some "grave reservations" press owners have broadly welcomed the Tory plan for a new press regulator underpinned by…
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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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Tories propose Recognition Panel empowered by Royal Charter to oversee continuing self-regulation of the press
'Recognition Panel' enshrined in Royal Charter to oversee new press regulator Only majority of both Houses of Parliament can change…
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Campaign group urges editors to ban disparaging age references from news reports
The Editors’ Code of Practice should be changed to ban journalists from making pejorative references to people’s age, according to…
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Gerry McCann: Watering down Leveson now would make whole inquiry a waste of time
The father of missing Madeleine McCann has said "watering down" Lord Leveson’s proposals through a Royal Charter would mean the…
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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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The future of both press regulation and the Defamation Bill could be decided this week as the Government puts forward…
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