The Latest Breaking News from The Society of Editors

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.

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

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…

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

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

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

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.

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

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