Regulator IMPRESS has been confirmed as the UK’s only independent, Leveson-compliant press regulator The Press Recognition Panel (PRP) has confirmed that IMPRESS continues to meet each of the recognition criteria […]
Press regulator IMPRESS is the UK’s only regulator to comply with the recommendations of the Leveson enquiry into phone-hacking and other misdeeds of the Establishment-friendly media. It regulates over one […]
Rupert Murdoch’s The Times has celebrated the first of April with a front-page that surely has to be a jolly jape in celebration of the ancient tradition of ‘April Fool’. Surely […]
A number of publications have contacted the Skwawkbox for comment on our intentions regarding our membership of IMPRESS, the UK’s only Leveson-compliant press regulator. IMPRESS receives some £3m in funding […]
The government announced this morning, via Culture Secretary Matt Hancock, that it has abandoned all plans to proceed with the promised ‘part 2’ of the Leveson inquiry into press corruption […]
The S*n’s Trevor Kavanagh has been cleared of hate speech accusations over ‘Nazi language’ he used about Muslims: Kavanagh was cleared by IPSO, the supposed Independent Press Standards Organisation – […]
IMPRESS, the UK’s only independent, Leveson-compliant press regulator, two new board members and a new member of its Code Committee, following an open recruitment process. Board members David Leigh is Anthony […]
The Tories’ manifesto is vague on everything except its most damaging aspects. One area in which it’s crystal clear is its commitment to measures that will delight many newspaper owners. […]
Well over a year ago now, on 31 May 2012, I sent a Freedom of Information request to the Cabinet Office (CO) requiring the following information: Whether ministers, special advisors, […]
What seems an age ago now, I sent an FOI request to the Prime Minister’s office concerning preparation, for him and other ministers, for their testimony to the Leveson enquiry, […]