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Leveson inquiry

News and analysis of Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into phone hacking and the ethics and culture of the UK media

July 2024

  • Keir Starmer reaching towards the camera

    Keir Starmer confirms he has no plans to revive second stage of Leveson inquiry

    Press regulation campaigners accuse prime minister of lacking courage to stand up to newspaper owners

February 2024

  • Rishi Sunak and Rupert Murdoch composite

    Rupert Murdoch met Rishi Sunak five times in 12-month period

    Media mogul met government representatives 12 times in 2022-23 when he was chair of News Corp

December 2023

  • Harry leaving the high court

    After Harry’s phone hacking victory, is it last orders for tabloid top brass?

  • A smiling Prince Harry outside the Royal Courts of Justice, with numerous photographers in the background.

    The Observer view on Prince Harry’s court victory over Mirror Group Newspapers

  • Keir Starmer

    Labour backs away from press reforms after Prince Harry’s phone-hacking court victory

  • Prince Harry leaving court.

    Prince Harry’s victory puts the spotlight back on nervous newspapers

July 2023

  • Front pages of British newspapers are displayed outside a newsagent in London in January 2022

    Labour faces wrath of UK media bosses by opposing repeal of regulation rule

    Government plans to abolish section 40 law under which news publishers are liable for libel trial legal costs

March 2023

  • Stock photo of rogramme viewing apps including Amazon Video, BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Google Play and Youview.

    UK to abolish law requiring press to pay legal costs when sued

    Government to roll back section 40 legislation, recommended by Leveson, as part of media bill

August 2022

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    ‘People think we are scumbags. But celebrities are ringing us!’ The changing world of the paparazzi

    The ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial was a reminder that celebrities and photographers have a far cosier relationship than many of them would admit. Here, insiders reveal how the industry really works

May 2022

  • newspapers on a stand

    Section 40: government to repeal controversial media law

    Legislation, drawn up after Leveson inquiry, said to pose threat to freedom and sustainability of the press

February 2022

  • The entrance of the supreme court in London

    The Guardian view on privacy law and press freedom: failing to strike a balance

    Editorial: The supreme court’s ruling against Bloomberg News in a landmark case is a threat to legitimate investigative reporting

July 2021

  • The editor of the News of the World, Colin Myler, poses with staff in London following Rupert Murdoch’s decision to close the title.

    News of the World: 10 years since phone-hacking scandal brought down tabloid

    On the anniversary of the Murdoch-owned newspaper’s final issue, journalists reflect on the Guardian expose that sealed its fate

May 2021

  • BBC HQ building

    Gleeful point-scoring over ‘BBC Diana shame’ stinks of hypocrisy

    As an ex-Sun editor put it, ‘those in glass houses’ should note the wrongs exposed were typical of tabloids

February 2021

  • Sienna Miller: ‘They say “I love your style!” And I think: “What about my films?”’

    Sienna Miller: 'I go in and negotiate as if I’m a man'

    The actor talks about the struggle for pay parity, sympathising with Britney Spears, fond memories of Chadwick Boseman – and her frustration at tabloid headlines overshadowing her work

February 2020

  • Caroline Flack

    After Caroline Flack’s death, it’s time to hold the press to account

    Letters: Freedom of the press should be balanced with the need for sensible regulations to protect vulnerable people, writes David Wolfe QC, while Nick Moss questions the CPS’s basis for prosecuting the TV presenter

December 2019

  • Newspapers in a newsagent's

    Failures of Ipso are a threat to democracy

    Letter: Nathan Sparkes of Hacked Off agrees with George Monbiot that the Independent Press Standards Organisation is not fit for purpose

October 2019

  • Sajid Javid and Hugh Grant

    Hugh Grant hits back after being called 'incredibly rude' by Sajid Javid

  • Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

    The press were never in a post-Leveson straitjacket

November 2018

  • Kate and Gerry McCann were two of four individuals who brought the legal challenge.

    Madeleine McCann's parents fail in bid to revive Leveson inquiry

    Court rules that government had met its obligations when it ditched inquiry into the press

May 2018

  • The culture secretary, Matt Hancock

    Leveson 2: government to be taken to court over cancelled inquiry

    Campaigners convince high court the decision should be subject to a judicial review
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