Senior politicians are reported to have rejected the newspaper-backed plan for press regulation, claiming that the proposals were flawed and lacking independence.
Britain has had a free press for 300 years, and whilst illegal activity at newspapers, such as phone hacking, should be prosecuted under the law, that is not a reason to limit such a basic right as freedom of the press.
Why we cannot and will not sign the government’s Royal Charter on self-regulation of the press by editor Tim Dickinson.
Cross-party talks on reforms to the press in the wake of the Leveson report have broken down, prime minister David Cameron has confirmed
As the Defamation Bill was edging towards being passed, Lords including Labour’s David Puttnam have added an amendment that attaches ideas from the Leveson Report on media regulation, which may have stalled the bill for good.