MPs throw out Lords bid to tag press regulation costs amendment on to Investigatory Powers Bill
MPs today rejected attempts to ensure that costs are awarded against newspaper and media organisations in phone-hacking cases as part…
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New ten-week consultation announced on Leveson two and press regulation libel cost penalties
The Government has announced a new ten-week consultation on whether to enforce tough financial penalties on publishers who refuse to…
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Johnston Press editor hits back at ‘smokescreen’ claim as Lords back press regulation financial penalties
A local newspaper editor has hit back at claims from the House of Lords that opposition to Section 40 of…
By Royal Charter-backed press regulation differs little from IPSO – but the state should not force publishers into it
When it comes to their main complaints-handling functions there is a barely a cigarette paper’s worth of difference between rival…
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Culture Secretary Karen Bradley says commencing Section 40 could undermine ‘vibrant free local press’
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has acknowledged the threat that Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act presents to a…
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‘Overwhelmingly clear’ need for Leveson Part Two in wake of Mazher Mahmood jailing, says Hacked Off
The jailing of Mazher Mahmood has led to calls for the revival of an inquiry into the relationship between police…
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Press Recognition Panel says ‘urgent action’ needed by Government to enforce Royal Charter press regulation
The publisher of the Daily Mail has warned that proposals to force newspapers into a Government-backed system of press regulation…
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Lords vote through Leveson law forcing publishers to pay both sides’ costs in hacking claims that they win
The Lords last night voted through a change in the law which would force most news publishers to pay both…
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