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The press plan to spin PCC Mark Two
Among the editorials, interviews and opinion pieces cooked up in support of the newspaper industry’s PCC Mark Two last week was one particularly revealing document: a Q&A which argued that the plan…
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Lord Hunt claims any ‘statutory regulation’ of the press would be ‘adversarial’
The chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has said any “statutory regulation” of the press would be “adversarial”. Lord Hunt gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry yesterday and this morning, to outline…
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Chairman of body that funds PCC warns Leveson press will fight statutory-underpinned regulator
Lord Black has warned the Leveson Inquiry a regulator with statutory underpinning will become a “target” for the press. Black chairman of the Press Board of Finance, the body that funds the…
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Former PCC chairman tells Leveson body was “never a regulator”
A former chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has told the Leveson Inquiry the body “was never a regulator”. Lord Wakeham, who headed the body from 1995 to 2001, said today his…
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Former PCC chair quizzed on failed handling of hacking scandal – Leveson morning round up
The former chair of the Press Complaints Comission has answered questions on her handling of the phone hacking scandal. Under Baroness Peta Buscombe the commission produced a report in 2009 into allegations…
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Chairman of PCC finance body claims press ‘aware of threat’ of statutory regulation – Leveson morning round up
The press are aware of the threat of statutory regulation, the chairman of the Press Board of Finance has said. Lord Black, chairman of the body responsible for financing the Press Complaints…
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Leveson asks PCC chairman to ‘keep him informed’ of new regulator plans
The chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has been asked to keep Leveson informed of his progress on drawing up plans for a new regulator. Lord Hunt explained some of his proposals…
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Director of the PCC claims ‘universal’ press regulation not possible
Universal regulation of the press is not achievable, the director of the Press Complaints Commission has said. Stephen Abell, who provided 408 pages of written evidence, told the Leveson Inquiry today such…
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Toulmin: ‘no collusion’ between editors and the PCC
There was no collusion between newspaper editors and the industry regulator, a former director of the Press Complaints Commission has told the Leveson Inquiry. Tim Toulmin, director of the PCC from 2004…
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Whittow claims PCC could have stopped publishing of libellous McCann stories
A national newspaper editor has claimed harm caused by defamatory articles published in his paper could have been prevented if the Press Complaints Commission had stepped in. Hugh Whittow, editor of the Daily Express,…
