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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Labour faces wrath of UK media bosses by opposing repeal of regulation rule

Front pages of British newspapers are displayed outside a newsagent in London in January 2022
Front pages on a news stand in January 2022. The row over section 40 has its roots in the phone-hacking scandal and the subsequent Leveson inquiry. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP

Labour is heading for a potentially bruising clash with UK news publishers over a controversial piece of post-Leveson press regulation.

Shadow ministers are set to incur the wrath of some of Britain’s most powerful press bosses, including Rupert Murdoch, by opposing the repeal of a rule designed to force news publishers to sign up to the government-backed regulator.

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