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Political leaders are making final efforts to rally support for their rival plans on press regulation, ahead of a deciding Commons vote on Monday.Political leaders are making final efforts to rally support for their rival plans on press regulation, ahead of a deciding Commons vote on Monday.
Prime Minister David Cameron faces defeat unless he can persuade MPs from other parties to support his proposals.Prime Minister David Cameron faces defeat unless he can persuade MPs from other parties to support his proposals.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Labour's Ed Miliband back his idea of a watchdog set up by royal charter - but they want it to be created in law.Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Labour's Ed Miliband back his idea of a watchdog set up by royal charter - but they want it to be created in law.
Mr Miliband urged MPs to "stand up for victims" of press abuse when they vote.Mr Miliband urged MPs to "stand up for victims" of press abuse when they vote.
The revelation of the illegal practice of phone hacking by journalists closed the News of the World in 2011 and sparked Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into press ethics. The revelation of the illegal practice of phone hacking by journalists closed the News of the World in 2011 and sparked Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into press ethics.
He found newspapers had "wreaked havoc with the lives of innocent people", and he called for a new independent regulator, backed by law to ensure it was more effective than existing self-regulation. He found newspapers had "wreaked havoc with the lives of innocent people", and called for a new independent regulator, backed by law to ensure it was more effective than existing self-regulation.
'Decades of failing''Decades of failing'
The prime minister and his deputy Mr Clegg unveiled rival plans after Mr Cameron halted cross-party talks on the issue on Thursday. Deputy prime minister Mr Clegg and Mr Miliband joined up to unveil rival plans on press regulation after Mr Cameron halted cross-party talks on the issue on Thursday.
Both believe the creation of a new press self-regulatory body by a royal charter could work - but they disagree on whether it should be backed by law. All three believe the creation of a new press self-regulatory body by a royal charter - a formal document used to set up bodies such as universities and the BBC - could work. However, they disagree on whether it should be backed by law.
National newspaper editors are against any statutory underpinning, saying it would erode the freedom of the British press.National newspaper editors are against any statutory underpinning, saying it would erode the freedom of the British press.
Mr Cameron agrees enshrining the royal charter in law will harm press freedom - but Mr Clegg and Mr Miliband say the rules will lack impact without it. Mr Cameron agrees enshrining the royal charter in law would harm press freedom - but Mr Clegg and Mr Miliband say the rules would lack impact without it.
Speaking to the Observer, Mr Miliband said: "Monday is the day that politics has got to do the duty by the victims and has got to stand up for the victims.Speaking to the Observer, Mr Miliband said: "Monday is the day that politics has got to do the duty by the victims and has got to stand up for the victims.
"I think it is an important moment because we have had decades of failing to ensure that we have a system of press complaints and redress which means that ordinary people aren't left at the whim of a sometimes abusive press.""I think it is an important moment because we have had decades of failing to ensure that we have a system of press complaints and redress which means that ordinary people aren't left at the whim of a sometimes abusive press."
He said when MPs vote they should break with the past when "politicians were fearful of speaking out because they thought; 'I'm going to get bad publicity; it will turn the press against me'."He said when MPs vote they should break with the past when "politicians were fearful of speaking out because they thought; 'I'm going to get bad publicity; it will turn the press against me'."
The other main differences in the rival royal charter, which Mr Clegg launched with Mr Miliband, involve not giving the press a veto over the members of the regulator and preventing it from being watered down or strengthened by future governments.The other main differences in the rival royal charter, which Mr Clegg launched with Mr Miliband, involve not giving the press a veto over the members of the regulator and preventing it from being watered down or strengthened by future governments.
'Wrong side''Wrong side'
Mr Cameron insisted his proposal was "the fastest possible way to deliver the strong self-regulation body that Leveson proposed that can put in place million-pound fines, prominent apologises and get justice for victims in this country".Mr Cameron insisted his proposal was "the fastest possible way to deliver the strong self-regulation body that Leveson proposed that can put in place million-pound fines, prominent apologises and get justice for victims in this country".
But he said on Saturday he was "delighted" with the "real progress" that had been made and that Mr Clegg and Mr Miliband had now "dropped many of their previous unworkable demands".But he said on Saturday he was "delighted" with the "real progress" that had been made and that Mr Clegg and Mr Miliband had now "dropped many of their previous unworkable demands".
The prime minister has indicated he will abide by parliament's decision.The prime minister has indicated he will abide by parliament's decision.
Bob and Sally Dowler, the parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, have said they are "disappointed" that the Leveson recommendations may not be used. The NoW was shut down after it was found Milly's phone had been hacked. The Sun On Sunday reported that "Britain's long, proud status as a beacon of press freedom is under threat" on Monday, quoting the World Press Freedom Committee as saying any statutory scheme would constitute a "draconian regime".
Hacked Off, the campaign group representing some press abuse victims, has been leading calls for full implementation of the Leveson report. Meanwhile, Bob and Sally Dowler, the parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, have said they are "disappointed" the Leveson recommendations may not be used. The NoW was shut down after it was found Milly's phone had been hacked.
But one of its key figures, the actor Hugh Grant, writing in the Observer, said the campaign had "reluctantly accepted that a royal charter could be the way to give backing to the new system". Hacked Off, the campaign group representing some press abuse victims, that has led calls for full implementation of Leveson, called Mr Cameron's royal charter proposal as a "shameless sell-out to his friends in the national press".
He added Mr Cameron faced "possible defeat" because he was "so clearly on the wrong side in this". But one of its key figures, the actor Hugh Grant, writing in the Observer, said the campaign had "reluctantly accepted that a royal charter could be the way to give backing to the new system". He added Mr Cameron faced "possible defeat" because he was "so clearly on the wrong side in this".
However, the Sun On Sunday reports: "Britain's long, proud status as a beacon of press freedom is under threat" on Monday, quoting the World Press Freedom Committee as saying any statutory scheme would constitute a "draconian regime". 'Astonishing hypocrisy'
Meanwhile, the Mail on Sunday revealed a leaked document it said suggested Hacked Off campaigners targeted rebel Conservative MPs in a bid to sabotage Mr Cameron's plans.
The leaked memo said the MPs were "likely to be people you intuitively distrust, dislike and despair of", adding: "If they are what we need to win, however, we must understand their value."
Senior Tory MP David Davis told the paper it showed "astonishing hypocrisy". "It is precisely the manipulative tendency we were led to believe that they deplore," he said.
A Hacked Off spokesman said it had looked to recruit MPs of all political persuasions.
"It was never our approach to target one group or another - we thought that all sides would see that victims of press abuse had a right to be heard," he said.