Responding to the announcement by The Guardian that it has rejected the IPSO scheme proposed by the Press Standards Board of Finance (PressBoF), Professor Brian Cathcart, Executive Director of Hacked Off said:…

The press defended PIs from regulation, then turned around and asked why they hadn’t been regulated. “The revelation that firms from two of this country’s biggest industries may have commissioned corrupt PIs…

Commenting on the release by the Home Affairs Select Committee of a breakdown of companies and individuals who used private investigators who had broken the law, a Hacked Off spokesman said: “Hacked…

The internet, the airwaves and the newspapers are full of speculation about the identities of ‘blue-chip companies’ and ‘high-profile individuals’ who allegedly employed private investigators guilty of using illegal methods. Hacked Off…

A spokesman said: ‘Mrs Miller is right to say that under the Royal Charter granted last week the press can set up its own self-regulator and if it meets the basic standards…

Commenting on the release of a YouGov poll commissioned by the Media Standards Trust, which shows that the public support the parliamentary royal charter over the press bosses’ version by a factor…

by Brian Cathcart On 8 July a group of leading newspaper proprietors unveiled the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), their fourth attempt in two years at designing a replacement for the failed…

Published by The Times on 17th July 2013 All parties in Parliament have approved a Royal Charter setting up a non-political inspection body and listing regulatory standards Sir, You say the newspaper…