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A royal charter to regulate the press will not be introduced until the autumn at the earliest, the BBC has learnt. | A royal charter to regulate the press will not be introduced until the autumn at the earliest, the BBC has learnt. |
Phone-hacking victims have written to Culture Secretary Maria Miller to demand that a Privy Council meeting next week approves the charter, which has Parliament's backing. | Phone-hacking victims have written to Culture Secretary Maria Miller to demand that a Privy Council meeting next week approves the charter, which has Parliament's backing. |
Instead, the meeting will consider a rival proposal put forward by some newspapers. | Instead, the meeting will consider a rival proposal put forward by some newspapers. |
Ministers insist they are following due process to avoid a court battle. | Ministers insist they are following due process to avoid a court battle. |
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said that, next Wednesday, a small group of ministers would travel to Buckingham Palace for a meeting of the Privy Council. | BBC political editor Nick Robinson said that, next Wednesday, a small group of ministers would travel to Buckingham Palace for a meeting of the Privy Council. |
The body, which advises the Queen, would consider whether to grant a royal charter to a system of newspaper self-regulation, he said. | |
Crucially, though, it would not be the charter agreed by major party leaders David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg in March. | Crucially, though, it would not be the charter agreed by major party leaders David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg in March. |
Victims of phone hacking would be bitterly disappointed that it would instead consider separate plans put forward by a majority of newspapers for self-regulation with a lesser role for the state, our political editor said. | |
The Guardian, Financial Times and Independent are the only major newspapers not signed up to the industry's rival charter. | |
Hacking scandal | Hacking scandal |
Ahead of a meeting with Ms Miller, campaign group Hacked Off has written to urge her to defy "a tiny if powerful vested interest". | Ahead of a meeting with Ms Miller, campaign group Hacked Off has written to urge her to defy "a tiny if powerful vested interest". |
Ministers insist they are not about to back down and approve press proposals but are, instead, following due process to avoid a battle in the courts - even if that makes further delays inevitable. | Ministers insist they are not about to back down and approve press proposals but are, instead, following due process to avoid a battle in the courts - even if that makes further delays inevitable. |
In November, Lord Justice Leveson published a landmark report calling for an independent regulatory body to be established to oversee the press, backed by legislation. | In November, Lord Justice Leveson published a landmark report calling for an independent regulatory body to be established to oversee the press, backed by legislation. |
That came after the judge headed an 18-month public inquiry set up to investigate press ethics and standards in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World newspaper. | That came after the judge headed an 18-month public inquiry set up to investigate press ethics and standards in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World newspaper. |
Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg agreed to set up a new watchdog by royal charter with powers to impose million-pound fines on UK publishers and demand upfront apologies from them. | Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg agreed to set up a new watchdog by royal charter with powers to impose million-pound fines on UK publishers and demand upfront apologies from them. |
But the newspaper industry rejected the idea of "state-sponsored regulation". | But the newspaper industry rejected the idea of "state-sponsored regulation". |
Blocking plan | Blocking plan |
There are a series of key differences between the industry's plan for press regulation for England and Wales and that agreed by politicians and campaigners. | There are a series of key differences between the industry's plan for press regulation for England and Wales and that agreed by politicians and campaigners. |
The newspapers' proposal would include the following: | The newspapers' proposal would include the following: |
Newspaper owners backed down on initial demands to have a veto over the board members of any new press regulator, accepting appointments should instead be made by "consensus". | Newspaper owners backed down on initial demands to have a veto over the board members of any new press regulator, accepting appointments should instead be made by "consensus". |
Some owners had wanted the power to block those they saw as hostile to the press. | Some owners had wanted the power to block those they saw as hostile to the press. |