December 4, 2018 'Business as usual' on Section 40 as Government yet to repeal it, says Press Recognition Panel chairman
March 21, 2018 Government wins fight to overturn Data Protection Bill cost provisions but battle not yet over
March 2, 2018 Max Mosley's long fight with the British press: He has a lost a battle but he could still win the war
March 1, 2018 Government closes Leveson Inquiry and pledges to repeal Section 40 laws as it says focus now on 'challenges' facing news industry
February 22, 2018 Theresa May wants to create 'fair playing field' for local media in fight for digital ads
January 11, 2018 Data Protection Bill amendments are 'backdoor' to 'state-backed' press regulation, warns NMA
January 8, 2018 Ministers 'to meet peers over new press freedom threats' including Leveson Two and Section 40
January 2, 2018 One year on the Government now has no time-scale on responding to Section 40 consultation
November 29, 2017 State-funded Press Recognition Panel calls for Section 40 costs penalties for publishers to be brought into force
November 27, 2017 Most UK national newspapers offer low-cost route to settle libel claims in bid to stop statutory press regulation
July 10, 2017 John Whittingdale: 'Sharks are circling' on press regulation, 'parliamentary arithmetic' against repeal of Section 40
June 22, 2017 Government says it is committed to scrapping Section 40 and Leveson 2 - but no mention of either in Queen's Speech
May 31, 2017 Labour and Liberal Democrats confirm they would enforce Section 40 media legal costs penalties if elected
May 19, 2017 Media freedom campaigners welcome Tory plan to repeal Section 40 but Hacked Off condemns 'betrayal' of press victims
May 11, 2017 Labour manifesto pledges Leveson Two, 'national review' into local press and support for BBC
March 17, 2017 'Let's make journalism great again' - Interview with Bureau of Investigative Journalism editor Rachel Oldroyd
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