Maria Miller announced the rejection of the newspaper industry's proposals in Parliament Tuesday. The British government have rejected a proposed plan for press self-regulation from a group of newspaper publishers and have said they intend to proceed with a supported by the three main political parties. The culture secretary said Tuesday in the  the proposal by the newspaper industry failed to implement fundamental parts of the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry into behaviour and ethical standards of the press last year. The government proposal seeks to make it so the Royal Charter can be amended by  , with a two-thirds majority from both houses, while the press proposal gives industry trade bodies a say on changes to the Charter. In both proposals, an arbitration service would be provided as an alternative to going to court, but the government wishes to make the arbitration service free for claimants while the newspapers want it to be "inexpensive" because they believe free arbitration could lead to a rush in claims going to arbitration. Both proposals would allow the regulator to fine the industry up to 1 million and demand the prominent publication of corrections and apologies to news stories. Hacked Off was formed following the revelations in 2011 that journalists working for the Sunday tabloid  hacked into the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Maria Miller announced the rejection of the newspaper industry's proposals in Parliament Tuesday. The British government have rejected a proposed plan for press self-regulation from a group of newspaper publishers and have said they intend to proceed with a supported by the three main political parties. The culture secretary said Tuesday in the House of Commons the proposal by the newspaper industry failed to implement fundamental parts of the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry into behaviour and ethical standards of the press last year. The government proposal seeks to make it so the Royal Charter can be amended by Parliament , with a two-thirds majority from both houses, while the press proposal gives industry trade bodies a say on changes to the Charter. In both proposals, an arbitration service would be provided as an alternative to going to court, but the government wishes to make the arbitration service free for claimants while the newspapers want it to be "inexpensive" because they believe free arbitration could lead to a rush in claims going to arbitration. Both proposals would allow the regulator to fine the industry up to 1 million and demand the prominent publication of corrections and apologies to news stories. Hacked Off was formed following the revelations in 2011 that journalists working for the Sunday tabloid News of the World hacked into the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
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