Category Archives: Leveson Inquiry

Max Mosley versus the web

Max Mosley has some ambitious ideas for the internet. Speaking briefly at the Leveson Inquiry today, the former motorsports boss outlined his plans for the future regulation of the British press, on which Leveson will make recommendations this autumn. Mosley recommended a Press Commission to succeed the PCC and create the rules in addition to a [...]

Lamb feared News Corp would “turn nasty”

Marta Cooper: Lamb feared News Corp would “turn nasty”

Leveson denies “hidden agenda”

Marta Cooper: Leveson denies “hidden agenda”

Brooks to PM: “We’re in this together”

Marta Cooper: Brooks to PM: “We’re in this together”

Alex Salmond alleges the Observer newspaper hacked his bank account

Marta Cooper: Alex Salmond alleges the Observer newspaper hacked his bank account

Nick Clegg defends Jeremy Hunt at Leveson despite risking coalition split in Commons vote

Marta Cooper: Nick Clegg defends Jeremy Hunt at Leveson despite risking coalition split in Commons vote

Miliband and Harman call for Leveson Inquiry to examine media ownership

Marta Cooper: Miliband and Harman call for Leveson Inquiry to examine media ownership

Osborne defends Coulson appointment

Marta Cooper: Osborne defends Coulson appointment

Gordon Brown refutes Rebekah Brooks’s account of relationship with News International

Gordon Brown has denied that his wife Sarah gave consent to the Sun to run a 2006 story about their son suffering from cystic fibrosis, contesting the evidence given to the Leveson Inquiry by the paper’s then-editor Rebekah Brooks. The former prime minister told the Leveson Inquiry this morning that there was “no question ever of explicit permission” [...]

Hunt: News of the World closure forced me to re-evaluate BSkyB bid

Padraig Reidy: Hunt: News of the World closure forced me to reevaluate BSkyB bid