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No 10 denies dodging scrutiny after axing afternoon press briefings

No 10 conceded the changes would be ‘difficult’ and kept ‘under review’ but insisted they were necessary to ‘modernise’ Government communications.

Evening Standard

Society of Editors decries Starmer’s plan to reduce media scrutiny of No 10

Body representing news organisations says move to cut back on number of lobby briefings is deeply concerning

The Guardian - UK

Police told to speak to journalists and reveal ethnicity of suspects after trust ‘broken’

Public confidence shaken by high-profile investigations in missing mother Nicola Bulley and Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana

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Government plans to axe public notices ‘devastating’ for local news, editors say

Ministers are looking at removing the requirement for printed statutory notices as part of a wider drive to slash ‘red tape’ and boost the economy.

Evening Standard

Society of Editors condemns Scottish Labour over 'absurd' fake newspaper

SCOTTISH Labour are in a row with the Society of Editors over a fake newspaper the party is distributing to voters ...

The National (Scotland)

Two Standard journalists make shortlist for this year's Media Freedom Awards

Tristan Kirk is nominated for Journalist of the Year while Sarah Baxter is on the shortlist for Commentator of the Year

Evening Standard

End secret Single Justice Procedure hearings to restore faith in justice system, say editors

Calls for reform come after a long-running Evening Standard investigation into the Single Justice Procedure

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The Independent wins top prize for campaigning journalism at press awards

Our campaign to give free school meals to more children from poor homes was praised by the Society of Editors for exposing shocking stories of poverty

The Independent UK

The Guardian wins at Society of Editors’ Media Freedom Awards

The Guardian has won three awards at the Society of Editors’ Media Freedom Awards.

The Guardian - UK

Brickbat: Watch What You Print

In the United Kingdom, the Society of Editors, which represents newspaper and magazine editors, has criticized Attorney General Victoria Prentis for warning media outlets that their coverage of sexual misconduct claims against actor Russell Brand could amount to contempt of court. Under British law, it is illegal to publish material…

Reason

New NI anonymity laws ‘would have prevented reporting of Savile allegations’

The Society of Editors described new laws in Northern Ireland as an ‘affront to justice’.

The Independent UK

Tories scrap 'undemocratic' charges for journalists to attend party conference

JOURNALISTS will no longer be charged to attend the Conservatives’ party conference this year, it has been announced.

The National (Scotland)

Police rejecting crime suspects rule change is 'huge victory' for press freedom

The ruling means newspapers can continue to name people charged with a crime

Manchester Evening News

Police rejecting crime suspects rule change is ‘huge victory’ for press freedom

The Society of Editors has welcomed the move by a police body to reject the rule change which would have kept names of suspects secret.

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Daily Mirror

Suspected murderers and rapists could have names withheld from public under new guidance

The draft advice tells police forces that defendants “can be named”, rather than current guidelines saying they “should be named” unless in exceptional circumstances

The Independent UK

Police must reject rules which would withhold names of suspects – media chiefs

Proposals by the College of Policing would see police forces no longer automatically name people charged with some crimes, including child sex abuse.

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