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Government says Pressbof Royal Charter has ‘serious shortcomings’ but must go through ‘due process’

Prime Minister David Cameron said today that industry-backed proposals on press regulation have "serious shortcomings". His comments during Prime Minister's…

By Dominic Ponsford

Privy Council will only look at newspaper industry press regulation Royal Charter next week

The Privy Council is only expected to consider the newspaper industry-backed plan for a new system of press regulation 'to…

By Gavriel Hollander

Lords told Pressbof Royal Charter has ‘precedence’ and will be considered first by Privy Council

People are getting "suspicious" about the delay in implementing the Leveson proposals on press regulation, according to a former Cabinet…

By PA Mediapoint

Lord Grade open to taking on mediator role to end press regulation ‘impasse’

The former chairman of the BBC, Lord Grade, has said that he would be open to taking on a role…

By Gavriel Hollander

Lawyers explain why Parliament-backed press regulator would hit finances of regional newspapers

Government proposals to deal with complaints against newspapers through an arbitration system will put huge financial pressure on regional publishers,…

By Gavriel Hollander

Government ended talks with papers after Hacked Off meeting, MPs told

A meeting between senior figures in Westminster and Hacked Off helped to kill off discussions between Government and the newspaper…

By PA Mediapoint and Press Gazette

Hacked Off: Royal Charter ‘good for journalists’ as chance to rebuild trust

Press regulation campaign group Hacked Off has said that the Royal Charter agreed by the three main political parties will…

By Gavriel Hollander

Hacked Off: six reasons the cross-party Royal Charter is good news for journalists

After all the hostile propaganda about the Leveson Royal Charter agreed by Parliament in March, working journalists could be forgiven…

By Brian Cathcart

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