The government must explain the alternatives to Conditional Fee Arrangements
The government should urgently explain the alternatives to Conditional Fee Arrangements, writes Sound off for Justice’s Jonny Mulligan.
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De Piero: High time Labour redefined its relationship with the press
Gloria de Piero has called for “a more realistic relationship” between Labour and the media, one in which newspapers’ influence “is kept in perspective”.
New Met chief will need all Johann Cruyff’s fancy footwork to survive
Like Johann Cruyff, new Met chief Bernard Hogan-Howe’s task will be to use his fancy footwork to stay on his feet for longer than his two immediate predecessors.
Phone hacking: Questions over Coulson’s Murdoch pay-off won’t go away
For Andy Coulson, a man more used to putting others in the media spotlight, his sustained presence in the press must be uncomfortable, writes Sara Ibrahim.
What does Coulson have on Cameron and Murdoch?
Phone hacking: The big question now is what does Andy Coulson know that neither David Cameron nor James Murdoch wants coming out? By Left Foot Forward’s Tom Rouse.
Tories used PIs “to spy on their own supporters”
There are reports this morning that the Conservative party used private investigators, like Glen Mulcaire, to delve into the personal lives of their own supporters.
Things will only get worse for the police as May’s cuts begin to bite
Britain’s police officers will be forgiven if they view this past week as one of the worst in their history – yet things are about to get a whole lot worse.
Morgan, Mensch and Parliamentary Privilege
Evan Price, a barrister at ten old square in Lincoln’s Inn, writes on Parliamentary Privilege and the phone hacking row between Piers Morgan and Louise Mensch.
Murdoch could be jailed for “life of the Parliament” if guilty of contempt
James Murdoch faces a maximum sentence of being “committed to prison during the life of the Parliament” if he is found to have misled the media select committee.
Our current political system cannot bring about the change we need
Lisa Nandy, Labour MP for Wigan, and chair of the cross-party group on international corporate responsibility, on why the political system needs to change.