Defence Secretary: ‘All Section 40 is going to do is destroy the local press’
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has said Section 40 would “destroy the local press” and that it was “vital we get…
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State-funded Press Recognition Panel calls for Section 40 costs penalties for publishers to be brought into force
Provisions that would make news publishers not signed up with a recognised regulator pay all the costs of court cases,…
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Campaigners deliver 52,000 pages of evidence to DCMS as they demand Section 40 and Leveson two
Press reform campaigners led by Hacked Off today delivered 52,000 pages of Leveson Inquiry evidence to the Department of Culture,…
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Publishers vote on new rules for IPSO removing chances to resist investigations
News publishers have been asked to agree changes to the system of press regulation which would stop them being able…
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Three years after post-Leveson consultation Paul Dacre’s committee makes ‘cosmetic’ changes to Editors’ Code
The Editors' Code of Practice Committee has finally completed its post-Leveson review and has made only "cosmetic" changes to its…
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Exemplary damages clause of Crime and Courts Act comes into force: What this means for publishers
Yesterday may be an important date for press regulation. Or it may be of no significance whatsoever. It was the…
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Government may not enforce plan to make publishers pay both sides’ libel and privacy costs
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has said he is "not persuaded" by a law forcing publishers pay both sides' legal costs…
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Press regulator IPSO to commission external review to test ‘independence and effectiveness’
The Independent Press Standards Organisation has announced plans to commission an external review to test its "independence and effectiveness". The…
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