The Leveson inquiry was a judge-led inquiry (spanning across 2011 and 2012) set up Prime Minister David Cameron. It reviewed the general culture and ethics of the British media, and made recommendations for a new, independent body to replace existing press complaints commission. This was a result of the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the now defunct News of the World tabloid. This was where employees of the news paper were accused of phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence is the pursuit of finding a story.

The final 2000 page report was published on the 29th of November 2012.