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A response to the Leveson consultation, Part 1: a damaging political intervention
By Brian Cathcart This is the first part of an extended response to the government consultation. More parts will follow. We will welcome your comments, and if you wish to register…
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We are back where we were before the Leveson Inquiry but we have an opportunity to make a difference
No one can doubt, after the events of the past few weeks, that the corporate national newspapers – Mail, Sun, Express, Telegraph – are intent on bending our political institutions to their…
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Paul Dadge interviewed on ITV’s ‘Lorraine’: being hacked was a loss of control
Next week marks nine years since London was devastated by one of the worst terrorist atrocities to ever hit Britain, when the London Underground and a bus were targeted by bombers. Paul…
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Broadcasters back Leveson
The Times today publishes a letter from 11 highly distinguished UK broadcasters, [paywall] including the former Director General of the BBC, Greg Dyke, the comedian, Rory Bremner, former Today Programme Editor, Kevin Marsh…
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Fleet Street legend throws weight behind Leveson Bill
Former Times and Sunday Times editor, Sir Harold Evans has launched an outspoken attack on the “cynicism and arrogance” of the response by newspapers to the proposals of Lord Justice Leveson for…
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Hacked Off publish DCMS bill to enact Leveson, opening consultation on press reform
Hacked Off, the campaign group which represents victims of press intrusion, is stepping up the pressure on politicians to act swiftly to adopt reforms to press regulation, opening a consultation on four draft…
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Hacked Off launch consultation on the Leveson Bill
Since Lord Justice Leveson published his recommendations seven weeks ago, we’ve seen a flurry of activity. Three draft bills have been published – by Labour, the Lib Dem peer Lord Lester, and…
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Leveson: six weeks on, what is happening?
by Brian Cathcart Six weeks after the publication of the Leveson report it might appear that nothing much is happening, but that is not the case. Though Leveson’s call for a transparent, public process…
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Hacked Off publishes the Leveson Bill
Today, Hacked Off publishes the Leveson Bill, a short parliamentary bill to put into law Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations on press regulation. You can read the bill in full here. Produced in…
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Met Police admits decision to close phone hacking investigation taken ‘too quickly’
The Metropolitan Police has admitted the decision to close the phone hacking investigation was taken too quickly “with a defensive and closed mindset”. Neil Garnham QC, representing the force at the Leveson…
