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08/04/2013
By: Newspaper Society UK
Opposition to the cross party Royal Charter agreement on press regulation has been growing in recent weeks with an international committee writing to David Cameron this week to warn of the dangerous...
Industry Steering Group Meets to Begin Examination of Draft Royal Charter
02/04/2013
By: Newspaper Society
The industry steering group met yesterday (Wednesday) to begin detailed examination of the terms of the draft Royal Charter on the Press and of the legislative proposals currently contained in the...
Commonwealth Day Message from HM The Queen
11/03/2013
By: Commonwealth Secretariat
This year’s Commonwealth theme, ‘Opportunity through Enterprise’, is a celebration of our achievements, particularly those that may have seemed challenging, daunting or even impossible,...
New regulatory structure soon, says Hunt
13/01/2013
By: SoE
The chairman of the Press Complaints Commission said today he was confident he and the media industry could deliver a new regulatory structure by the middle of the year. Conservative Lord Hunt of...
UK Journalists' Code to get shake up
16/12/2012
By: Society of Editors
The Code which forms the ethical basis for journalism is to be shaken up, the The Editors' Code of Practice committee said today. The Editors' Code forms the basis of press coverage by journalists and...
All main UK press owners agree to create new regulator which follows five Leveson principles
14/12/2012
By: Press Gazette
All the trade bodies representing UK newspaper publishers have written to Culture Secretary Maria Miller signalling their willingness to establish a new system of press regulation in accordance...
Commonwealth announces dates for 2013 Heads of Government meeting
11/12/2012
By: Commonwealth Secretariat
President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today announced that the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Colombo, Sri...
Leveson report: Cameron tells editors to sort out regulator
04/12/2012
By: BBC
David Cameron has met newspaper editors and told them to "urgently" draft plans for an independent press regulator in the wake of the Leveson report. The prime minister is resisting pressure...
Leveson report: No timetable for draft legislation, says government
03/12/2012
By: BBC
There is no timetable for producing any draft legislation following the Leveson report, Number 10 has said. A spokesman said the process had only just begun, amid cross-party talks on how to...
What the papers say about Leveson
03/12/2012
By: Press Gazette
The Guardian appears to be the only newspaper to come out in support of Leveson’s controversial proposals for a new press regulator underpinned by statute. Editor Alan Rusbridger told BBC Radio...
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