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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jim Waterson Media editor

UK to abolish law requiring press to pay legal costs when sued

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Bill also increases regulation of streaming services, giving Ofcom authority to consider complaints about Netflix and Disney+. Photograph: Nicholas.T Ansell/PA

Ministers will push ahead with plans to abolish a key piece of press regulation law, unpicking one of the main recommendations of the Leveson inquiry into the culture of the British newspaper industry.

The government said they would roll back a rule that could require news outlets to pay the costs of the people who sue them unless the news outlet is signed up to a state-backed press regulator.

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