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UK government will not 'interfere' with press self-regulation

July 17, 2009

(Press Gazette) The government has firmly rejected any suggestion of statutory controls over the press and said it would not interfere with the status of the Press Complaints Commission.
Liberal Democrat Lord Taverne called for a review of the PCC's status and described it as "a paper tiger" after more allegations of phone-hacking at the News of the World emerged last week.
But government spokesman Lord Davies of Oldham said in parliament yesterday that a press free from statutory intervention was "fundamental to our democracy".

Author: Paul McNally

Source: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43988&c=1

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