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| Politicians 'reject' press's plan for regulation | Politicians 'reject' press's plan for regulation |
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| Senior politicians have rejected the newspaper industry's version of a royal charter setting up a press regulator, the BBC's Newsnight has reported. | Senior politicians have rejected the newspaper industry's version of a royal charter setting up a press regulator, the BBC's Newsnight has reported. |
| A source said a sub-committee of the Privy Council, containing four Lib Dem and four Tory cabinet ministers, thought the proposals were "flawed". | A source said a sub-committee of the Privy Council, containing four Lib Dem and four Tory cabinet ministers, thought the proposals were "flawed". |
| The full Privy Council is also looking at an alternative plan backed by politicians and campaigners. | The full Privy Council is also looking at an alternative plan backed by politicians and campaigners. |
| It is due to announce its decision later this month. | It is due to announce its decision later this month. |
| The Newsnight programme was told of the development which emerged from discussions among Privy Council members on the newspapers' proposals for press regulation. | |
| Increase confrontation | Increase confrontation |
| These were said not to have met the requirements of the Leveson inquiry into press practice and ethics. | These were said not to have met the requirements of the Leveson inquiry into press practice and ethics. |
| The decision looks set to increase confrontation between supporters of the rival plans. | The decision looks set to increase confrontation between supporters of the rival plans. |
| Steve Hewlett, presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, told Newsnight that newspaper publishers felt the process had been far from transparent. | Steve Hewlett, presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, told Newsnight that newspaper publishers felt the process had been far from transparent. |
| He said: "People I have spoken to are furious and are now considering whether there might be a legal challenge to this decision by the Privy Council." | He said: "People I have spoken to are furious and are now considering whether there might be a legal challenge to this decision by the Privy Council." |
| Trevor Kavanagh, associate editor of the Sun, said the news was not a shock. | |
| "It's what we'd been given fairly clear clues would happen," he said. | |
| "I think it has to be seen as a great victory for the forces of oppression of a free press - Hacked Off in particular - and the politicians who have gone along for the ride." | |
| Campaign group Hacked Off welcomed reports of the sub-committee's decision - but expressed concern at the prospect of a delay. | |
| The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said there was no deadline for the sub-committee to consider the industry's proposals. | |
| A DCMS spokesman said: "They will continue until they reach a decision." | |
| Earlier, Gerry McCann said the newspaper industry's plans for press regulation were "a gentlemen's club agreement" and should be rejected by politicians. | Earlier, Gerry McCann said the newspaper industry's plans for press regulation were "a gentlemen's club agreement" and should be rejected by politicians. |
| The father of missing Madeleine McCann said the recommendations of the Leveson inquiry were the "minimum acceptable". | The father of missing Madeleine McCann said the recommendations of the Leveson inquiry were the "minimum acceptable". |
| At odds | At odds |
| Mr McCann and his family were subject to intense press attention after Madeleine went missing while they were on holiday in Portugal in 2007. | Mr McCann and his family were subject to intense press attention after Madeleine went missing while they were on holiday in Portugal in 2007. |
| Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry was set up in July 2011 after it emerged journalists working for the now-closed News of the World had hacked the mobile phone of murdered Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler. | Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry was set up in July 2011 after it emerged journalists working for the now-closed News of the World had hacked the mobile phone of murdered Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler. |
| Politicians and the press have been at odds over the details of a royal charter - a formal document used to establish and lay out the terms of a body - to underpin the regulator. | Politicians and the press have been at odds over the details of a royal charter - a formal document used to establish and lay out the terms of a body - to underpin the regulator. |
| The government's proposals published in March have cross-party backing and the support of Hacked Off. | |
| There are a series of key differences between the industry's plan for press regulation and that agreed by politicians and campaigners. | There are a series of key differences between the industry's plan for press regulation and that agreed by politicians and campaigners. |
| The newspapers' proposals would: | The newspapers' proposals would: |