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PM confirms that cross-party charter is only game in town
A Hacked Off spokesman welcomes the Prime Minister's reiteration of support for the cross-party royal charter at the Commons Liaison Committee.
Victims send open letter to PM urging action on press regulation
Victims of press harassment write to the Prime Minister ahead of his Liaison Committee appearance, urging him to reject the press self-regulation scheme and seal the royal charter.
9/9/13
Campaigns
What the PM told Parliament about victims of the press: a reminder
Hacked Off recalls David Cameron's assurances that victims' interests should be uppermost in debate on press regulation, ahead of his Liaison Committee appearance.
9/9/13
Briefings
IPSO: not independent and not effective
Brian Cathcart argues the press industry's go-it-alone IPSO scheme is neither independent nor effective.
8/9/13
News
Comparing David Miranda to phone hackers wilfully misses the point
Brian Cathcart rebuts claims of double standards in condemning David Miranda's detention while not criticising arrests of journalists over phone hacking.
30/8/13
Fact-check
The Miranda case and the game of false equivalence
David Hass and Dr Evan Harris answer claims that condemning David Miranda's detention while not criticising phone hacking arrests is hypocrisy.
28/8/13
Fact-check
British journalism's great ethical divide: should reporters pay for information?
Nicholas Jones discusses the ethics of paying for information, ahead of the News of the World phone hacking trial.
13/8/13
News
Steve Coogan's Rash Cash Pledge
Steve Coogan pledges to match public donations to Hacked Off, in an appeal to supporters for funding.
12/8/13
Campaigns
Next week: The Victims' View
Hacked Off announces a week of guest blogs from victims of press intrusion giving their views on the long wait for reform of press self-regulation.
9/8/13
News
Guardian's decision to reject non-Leveson scheme welcome, press proprietors must think again
Brian Cathcart, Executive Director of Hacked Off, welcomes the Guardian's rejection of the PressBoF IPSO scheme as falling short of Leveson's recommendations.

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