UK Newspapers May be Forced to Join Regulator

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By: Ian Burrell | The Independent

The Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said yesterday that the Government could take action to force newspapers to sign up to a new regulatory system and subject them to severe financial penalties if they refused.

Mr Hunt said he was prepared to consider "statutory underpinning" of any body that succeeded the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) so the new system had the confidence of the British public.































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