-The Leveson inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal,

-new slef regulation body recommended,

– independent of serving editors

-government and businesses,

-No widespread corruption of police by the press found, –

-Politicians and press have been too close

-Press behaviour, at times, has been ‘outrageous.

-Leveson found that the existing Press Complaints Commission was not sufficient, and recommended a new independent body, which would have a range of sanctions available to it, including fines and direction of the prominence of apologies and corrections.

-Leveson concluded that there was no evidence of widespread police corruption, despite a sequence of poor decisions relating to the initial investigation into hacking at the News of the World, but found that politicians, as a group, had devel- oped ‘too close a relationship with the press’.

-The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is the independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK. We hold newspapers and magazines to account for their actions, protect individual rights, uphold high standards of journalism and help to maintain freedom of expression for the press.

–A Royal Charter on press regulation was granted on 30 October 2013. This incorporated key recommendations from the Leveson Report, allowing for one or more independent self-regulatory bodies for the press to be established. Any such body would be recognised and overseen by a Press Recognition Pane