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post 25 April 2013
News Read more on Gary Gibbon's blog Leveson: much more wrangling ahead

All parties involved in the press regulation debate want the same broad approach: a royal charter. They just can't agree what should be in it - and there is a lot of ground to be narrowed between them

article 25 April 2013 UK
News International, which publishes the Sun and the Times, is one publisher calling for an alternative system of self-regulation
Gary Gibbon by Gary Gibbon Publishers reject post-Leveson regulation plan

A newspaper industry body rejects the government's plans for press regulation and publishes its own proposal for self-regulation bound by a royal charter.

video 19 March 2013 UK

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Press regulation: the end of a free press? - video

Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator, tells Channel 4 News the deal struck between the three main parties means the end of a free press. Conservative MP George Eustice disagrees.

video 18 March 2013 UK

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Leveson - will it actually work? - video

A deal that seems to have kept everyone happy - but will anything change? Business Correspondent Sarah Smith explains what difference the new regulator will make to victims of press mistreatment.

article 18 March 2013 UK
All sides claim victory after press regulation deal (R)
All sides claim victory after press regulation deal

David Cameron welcomes agreement on press regulation, saying it is not a "press law". But Labour and Liberal Democrats say the deal involves a royal charter backed by law. So what was agreed?

post 18 March 2013
News Read more on Gary Gibbon's blog On press controls, Clegg and Miliband moved - but Cameron blinked

David Cameron's team say they won concessions from Labour and the Liberal Democrats in negotiations over press regulation. But history may judge that it was Mr Cameron whose bluff was called.

article 15 March 2013 UK
With David Cameron's proposals for press regulation set against rival plans by Labour and the Lib Dems, the prime minister has 48 hours to sell his vision of press regulation.
by Kunal Dutta Leveson: the battle to preserve press freedom

With David Cameron's proposals set against rival plans by Labour and the Liberal Democrats, the prime minister has 48 hours to sell his vision of press regulation.

post 14 March 2013
News Read more on Gary Gibbon's blog Clegg 'not impressed' after Cameron pulls press reform plug

David Cameron faces pressure from all sides after pulling the plug on cross-party talks on press reform.

video 14 March 2013 UK

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Leveson press deal breaks down, reveals Cameron - full video

In a hastily-arranged press conference at Downing Street, David Cameron announces cross-party talks on press reforms have "concluded without agreement".

article 14 March 2013 UK
Cross-party talks on proposed reforms to press regulation have broken down after Prime Minister David Cameron told the other party leaders that the gap between them was too great.
Cameron abandons all-party talks on press freedom

Cross-party talks on proposed reforms to press regulation have broken down after Prime Minister David Cameron told the other party leaders that the gap between them was too great.