SNP leader in Westminster  Angus Robertson has said he wants to build “a good working relationship” with English local press as the party seeks to expand its influence beyond Scottish-only issues. On the day of the vote on Sunday trading...

The IMPRESS application to the Press Recognition Panel fails to meet most of the key recognition criteria set down in the Royal Charter. It is unrepresentative of the press as a whole, it relies for its funding on a...

The draft investigatory powers legislation contains insufficient safeguards for journalists and freedom of expression and must be reconsidered without delay, the News Media Association has said today. The NMA called on the Government to change the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill...

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has branded ad blockers  “a modern day protection racket” in a wide-ranging speech in which he also spoke at length about the BBC and the need better partnership with the commercial sector. Delivering the opening keynote...

Lords from three political parties have called for draft legislation aimed at reducing instances of  miscarriages of justice to be tightened up to give better protection to journalists’ sources after the News Media Association highlighted the issue. Speaking in a...

Proposals to charge for requests under the Freedom of Information Act have been rejected by the Government which has described the Act as “one of the pillars on which open government operates.” Responding  to the Independent  Commission on Freedom of...

More than 47 million adults read national and local news brands, according to the latest NRS PADD data. Figures released today for January to December 2015 show that newsbrands reach 91 per cent of adults each month. Sixty eight per cent...

A victim of serious sexual abuse in Rotherham has said that having her story printed in The Times was the “only reason” police launched a two-year investigation into sex-grooming in the town. Writing in today’s The Times, chief investigative reporter...

The BBC should form partnerships with the commercial sector “in an open and generous manner,” the House of Lords Communications Select Committee has said this week. In its report on the Charter review process, the committee said that they BBC...