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New Culture Secretary Backs Press Freedom
- Press Gazette, Thursday, May 1, 2014 2:01 PM
Suggesting the phone-hacking scandal was down to “bad apples”, Sajid Javid said in Parliament: “We must be careful to recognise that the press and their freedom is a cornerstone of our democracy.” The new Cabinet minister spoke as a Court of Appeal judge rejected a bid by newspapers and magazines to continue a legal battle over the Government's rejection of the industry's own press regulation charter.
