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The Independent UK
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Richard Wheeler

Media Bill will remove ‘sword of Damocles’ for outlets on legal costs, MPs told

PA Wire

Media outlets will no longer have a “sword of Damocles” hanging over them once a law linked to legal costs is repealed, the Culture Secretary has said.

Lucy Frazer said the Government will “protect our free press” as she outlined moves in the Media Bill to scrap existing legislation that would require publishers to pay the legal costs of those who sue them, regardless of who wins, if they were not a member of an approved regulator.

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