Section 40 bid to ‘blackmail’ press into ‘state-sponsored’ press regulation is ‘insane’ says Sun editor
Controversial plans which could see newspapers landed with opponents’ legal costs even if they win in court are an attempt…
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Sunday Times says it never would have published Lance Armstrong investigation under Section 40 as media ramps up campaign
The Sunday Times has warned that its historic exposure of drugs cheat cyclist Lance Armstrong would never have happened had…
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Culture Secretary calls for ‘cheap justice’ for press intrusion victims as legal challenge mounted over Leveson Two consultation
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has said she wants a press regulator that maintains a free press while protecting victims of…
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Government allows digital giants to publish with impunity while proposing to regulate newspapers out of existence
Four years after publication of the Leveson report Press Gazette readers could be forgiven for turning away from yet another…
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Lords defeat Government passing amendment requiring part two of the Leveson Inquiry to take place
A move to force the Government to hold part two of the Leveson Inquiry has been backed by peers. The…
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Phone-hacking victim and former journalist joins IPSO advisory panel for readers
Phone-hacking victim and former journalist Tom Rowland has joined an advisory panel at the Independent Press Standards Organisation. Rowland, who…
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Second Lords bid to impose phone-hacking case cost penalties on the press is rejected by House of Commons
The Government has refused to budge over its proposed new surveillance powers by rejecting for a second time amendments from…
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Publishers welcome consultation on repealing law penalising those outside Royal Charter press regulation
The new government consultation on Section 40 opens the way for the press regulation costs penalties law to be thrown…
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