According to police, the media had been “exceptional” and treated those affected by the Manchester Arena bombing with respect, in contrast with the allegations about media behaviour in the Kerslake Review, members of the House of Lords heard yesterday. In...

MPs have given their backing to press freedom by rejecting amendments in the Data Protection Bill which united the news media industry in opposition to the dangerous proposals. In the House of Commons yesterday, an amendment by Ed Miliband MP...

Local newspaper editors from independent weekly publications and larger publishing companies have united today to urge MPs to vote against the anti-press amendments in the Data Protection Bill on Wednesday.  Speaking out against the Section 40-style costs sanctions and the...

The News Media Association has received a legal opinion from leading QC Antony White setting out that the new costs sanctions amendments tabled for this Wednesday’s Report stage vote in the Commons on the Data Protection Bill, would be...

Local newspaper editors across the industry have resoundingly rejected the idea of holding a new Leveson-style inquiry into all the media, pointing to the negative impact the original inquiry has had on local papers’ ability to report in the...

Free speech is a fundamental right that underpins many of the liberties we enjoy but, sadly, there exists a concerted and persistent movement to deprive you of these important rights. Those with a vendetta against certain newspapers have been lobbying...

The Independent Press Standards Organisation has announced that it is creating a compulsory version of its low-cost arbitration scheme. It has written to the national newspapers that are part of its current scheme to set out details of the...

UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day highlighting the profound challenges to journalism and freedom of speech across the world is being held today. This year’s global theme is ‘Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law’, and will...

Campaigners have launched a fresh assault on press freedom by tabling new amendments to the Data Protection Bill on the same day an influential global report highlighted the UK’s abysmal record on press freedom in recent years. In the coming...