Hacked Off welcomes the decision by The Sun on page 3. Credit is due to the thousands of campaigners who have worked for this over many years.

While the final decision to make this move was almost certainly influenced by commercial interest, it has been clear for some time that page 3 made the newspaper look like a relic from another age.

If the press industry had a code of practice which was not written by the tabloid editors, and a self-regulator which was properly independent of those who own and edit newspapers, they might have understood this years ago.

As Lord Justice Leveson said in his inquiry, the tabloid press has often failed to show respect for the dignity and equality of women generally, and there is 'a tendency to sexualise and demean women'.Lord Justice Leveson also said that consideration should be given to amending the Editors' Code to give an independent self-regulator power to intervene in cases of allegedly discriminatory reporting, and to reflect the spirit of equalities legislation.

This is a victory for those who have campaigned against page 3 but it will not see the end of sexual objectification of women in so-called family newspapers. That can be achieved only through a change in the Editors' Code of Practice.