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Pols Red-faced Over Royal Charter Initiative?
- The Drum, Monday, July 8, 2013 2:56 PM
The UK political establishment is facing embarrassment in the battle over press regulation as the newspaper industry pushes ahead with its own plans for regulation in opposition to the government's Royal Charter. The cross party Royal Charter - backed by all three main political parties - created in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry hit delays after the Press Standards Board of Finance drew up an alternative charter on behalf of the newspaper industry.
