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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Clea Skopeliti

Steve Coogan: phone-hacking ruling reveals ‘systemic concealment’

Steve Coogan.
Coogan says the ‘toothless’ press watchdog, Ipso, should be replaced with a stronger regulator. Photograph: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

Steve Coogan has said the Duke of Sussex’s partial victory in a high court phone-hacking claim shows there is an “omertà … of systemic concealment by the press” and has called for a bolstered system of independent regulation.

The British actor and comedian, who is involved with the Hacked Off campaign, reiterated his calls for press reform after Prince Harry won a substantial part of his case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).

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