Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press was published ten years ago and it was a half-success and a half-failure.

An independent regulatory body for the press should be established. It should take an active role in promoting high standards, including having the power to investigate serious breaches and sanction newspapers. The new body should be backed by legislation designed to assess whether it is doing its job properly.

Strengthen the legal obligations of those sites and platforms, rather than setting up some regulatory scheme as a solution.

So, although the Leveson inquiry had all the paraphernalia of a legal exercise – a judge, statutory powers, barristers, oral examinations, and even taking place in a courtroom – it was ultimately a failure because – ironically – it was not able to take law seriously and was bound by its terms to propose an effectively non-legal regulatory regime instead. There has been a recklessness in prioritising sensational stories, almost irrespective of the harm the stories may cause and the rights of those who would be affected. Families of famous people have had some of their lives destroyed by the relentless pursuit of the press.

The relationship between the government and the media is immoral and the government are too close to the press