Politicians reject newspapers’ plans for post-Leveson regulation

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Senior politicians are reported to have rejected the newspaper-backed plan for press regulation, claiming that the proposals were flawed and lacking independence.

Chair of the Privy Council sub-committee looking into the proposals, Danny Alexander, has insisted that no final decision has yet been made, with a meting of the full Privy Council tomorrow.

Politicians are looking at two plans for future regulation of the press – one created by the government with cross-party and activist support, and one created by the newspaper industry.

The two plans differ on who could make up the “recognition panel” who would decide on how newspapers would be regulated, and the newspaper-backed plan would block parliament making changes to future changes without the support of the panel and trade bodies.