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| Leveson report to be published amid intense debate on nature of regulation | Leveson report to be published amid intense debate on nature of regulation |
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| On what is likely to be a landmark day for politicians, the media and the police, Lord Justice Leveson's report into the future regulation of the press will be published after a 16-month public inquiry that has seen the industry face unprecedented criticism. | On what is likely to be a landmark day for politicians, the media and the police, Lord Justice Leveson's report into the future regulation of the press will be published after a 16-month public inquiry that has seen the industry face unprecedented criticism. |
| Leveson's inquiry into "the culture, practices and ethics of the press" will make recommendations on how regulation should be reformed, amid a fierce debate within Westminster and the media as to what the most appropriate model of reform should look like – whether a form of statutory regulation or a more robust model of "self-regulation". | Leveson's inquiry into "the culture, practices and ethics of the press" will make recommendations on how regulation should be reformed, amid a fierce debate within Westminster and the media as to what the most appropriate model of reform should look like – whether a form of statutory regulation or a more robust model of "self-regulation". |
| The threat of a coalition split over press regulation is looming as Conservative cabinet sources accused the Liberal Democrats of playing a dangerous game by appearing to back state regulation before the publication of the 2,000-page verdict on media ethics. | The threat of a coalition split over press regulation is looming as Conservative cabinet sources accused the Liberal Democrats of playing a dangerous game by appearing to back state regulation before the publication of the 2,000-page verdict on media ethics. |
| The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, met the prime minister, David Cameron, on Wednesday to discuss their approach to the report. Cameron is expected to call for a tough new independent press complaints body capable of imposing fines, while keeping the option of statutory regulation on the table for a later date if the new regulatory body is not working. | The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, met the prime minister, David Cameron, on Wednesday to discuss their approach to the report. Cameron is expected to call for a tough new independent press complaints body capable of imposing fines, while keeping the option of statutory regulation on the table for a later date if the new regulatory body is not working. |
| Leveson has to come up with a system that will cover the whole of the press, whether voluntary or mandatory. Newspaper owners and editors frequently argue that anything akin to statutory regulation could amount to the censorship of free speech. | Leveson has to come up with a system that will cover the whole of the press, whether voluntary or mandatory. Newspaper owners and editors frequently argue that anything akin to statutory regulation could amount to the censorship of free speech. |
| But the culture and media secretary, Maria Miller, has told leading newspaper figures, such as Lord Hunt, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), that their proposals for independent regulation are inadequate, too close to the industry, and will need to be strengthened. | But the culture and media secretary, Maria Miller, has told leading newspaper figures, such as Lord Hunt, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), that their proposals for independent regulation are inadequate, too close to the industry, and will need to be strengthened. |
| Set up by Cameron and Clegg in the wake of the revelation that the mobile phone belonging to missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler had been hacked by the News of the World, the inquiry will examine relations of power between the press and the public, politicians and police. | Set up by Cameron and Clegg in the wake of the revelation that the mobile phone belonging to missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler had been hacked by the News of the World, the inquiry will examine relations of power between the press and the public, politicians and police. |
| The inquiry, which heard from 184 witnesses and accepted hundreds of written submissions in more than six months of hearings, demonstrated that phone hacking appeared to be far more widespread in the press than had been previously admitted. It also raised the question of why politicians, police and the PCC had failed to investigate the practice more thoroughly when the first allegations of News of the World hacking were raised by the Guardian in July 2009. | |
| Critics of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, the owner of the tabloid that was closed amid public outcry over the Milly Dowler revelations, argued that his company was so powerful that ministers, chief constables and regulators could not reign him in. | Critics of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, the owner of the tabloid that was closed amid public outcry over the Milly Dowler revelations, argued that his company was so powerful that ministers, chief constables and regulators could not reign him in. |
| The PCC remains in place but its authority as a regulator has been severely undermined by the hacking scandal. | The PCC remains in place but its authority as a regulator has been severely undermined by the hacking scandal. |
| Two polls by ComRes, one for ITV and another for BBC Radio 5 Live, showed firm support for independent regulation backed by law. The ITV poll showed 51% of the public think the government should introduce statutory regulation of the media. Just 20% disagree and 30% said they don't know. The BBC poll showed 66% of respondents have not very much trust, or no trust, in British newspapers telling the truth. Almost half (47%) of those questioned said they most wanted a regulatory body for newspapers where the rules were agreed and enforced by the courts. | Two polls by ComRes, one for ITV and another for BBC Radio 5 Live, showed firm support for independent regulation backed by law. The ITV poll showed 51% of the public think the government should introduce statutory regulation of the media. Just 20% disagree and 30% said they don't know. The BBC poll showed 66% of respondents have not very much trust, or no trust, in British newspapers telling the truth. Almost half (47%) of those questioned said they most wanted a regulatory body for newspapers where the rules were agreed and enforced by the courts. |
| Leveson's report is expected to contain major criticisms not just of the press but also of the Metropolitan police over their handling of the phone-hacking scandal and relations with the media. | Leveson's report is expected to contain major criticisms not just of the press but also of the Metropolitan police over their handling of the phone-hacking scandal and relations with the media. |