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Poll: Public want statutory legislation to regulate press
The public mood seemed to turn decisively against self-regulation of the press today, with a new YouGov poll showing 79% of people favour "an independent press regulator established by law".
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Twitter clampdown: Contempt of court changes put forward
Jurors could face tighter restrictions on their behaviour under proposed changes to contempt of court laws published today.
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MPs warn against muzzling press
More than 80 British lawmakers warned on Wednesday against state regulation of newspapers as Prime Minister David Cameron prepared to receive a key report into the phone-hacking scandal.
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Cameron warns press regulation must change
Prime Minister David Cameron warned Wednesday that Britain's current newspaper regulation system is unacceptable, as he received a landmark judicial report into the Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal.
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Cameron says media need independent regulator
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's scandal-tinged media need an independent system of regulation, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, the day he received findings of a public inquiry into press...
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Blair says EU exit would be "monumental error"
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron risks committing a monumental error that would threaten Britain's status as a world power if he allows rising anti-European Union sentiment to spiral...
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Leveson: Nick Clegg Could Break Ranks
Nick Clegg has asked whether he might be able to respond separately to the Leveson report in case he and David Cameron cannot agree on the next steps.
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Cyril Smith: Former MP 'Abused Me As A Child'
A victim of sexual abuse has told Sky News that the former MP Sir Cyril Smith assaulted him on the premises of a council-run residential special school.
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Day of reckoning for Cameron and British press
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron faces a no-win dilemma on Thursday when a far-reaching inquiry into British newspapers delivers its verdict on how to curb the excesses of the country's...
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By-election day: Could Ukip finally win a seat?
Polling closes at 22:00 GMT tonight in three by-elections, one of which could conceivably return a Ukip MP.
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'Quite exciting' energy consultation would pay out for electricity saving
The government has published a set of proposals alongside the energy bill, including a "quite exciting" consultation encouraging firms to save electricity.
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Sharp fall in net migration
Net migration into the UK fell by 59,000 between March this year and March last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Coulson and Brooks appear in court
David Cameron's former spin doctor Andy Coulson and ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks have appeared in court to face charges linked to alleged corrupt payments to public officials.
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Speaker's wife Sally Bercow returns to Twitter
Sally Bercow, wife of the House of Commons speaker, has reactivated her Twitter account which she closed after wrongly linking Lord McAlpine to child abuse claims and naming a girl in a child abduction...
View ArticleBritish inquiry calls for law to underpin press watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - A far-reaching inquiry into British newspapers called for a new independent body to regulate the press, backed by law, to prevent a repeat of the excesses which led to a phone...
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Leveson inquiry calls for law to underpin press body
LONDON (Reuters) - A far-reaching inquiry into British newspapers called for a new independent body to regulate the press, backed by law, to prevent a repeat of the excesses which led to a phone...
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Leveson lights the fuse: 'We need a media law'
Leveson sparked what could amount to a historic battle between the press and politicians from all three major parties today after he recommended new laws for press regulation.
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Cameron opposes press law after hacking scandal
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that he had serious concerns about legislation to regulate the media, risking a split in his coalition after a damning inquiry...
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PM's 'misgivings' on legislation
David Cameron warned that he has "serious concerns and misgivings" about the prospect of legislation on press regulation.
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Cameron 'wary' of press legislation
Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that Parliament should be "wary" of passing legislation to regulate the press of the kind recommended in the long-awaited Leveson Report on media standards.
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