Government accused of ‘bribing the press’ as its repeals media law
The Government has been accused of “bribing the press” as it seeks to repeal a media law.
In the wake of the Leveson Inquiry, a law was passed that would force publishers to pay the legal costs of people who sue them, even if they win, unless they signed up to a state-approved regulator.
This law, Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, was never actually implemented, however, and more than 10 years later the Government now wants to
