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Government to unveil £12m fund for local news in bid to tackle ‘news deserts’

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy unveiled the local media strategy on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Mar 17

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 · Dec 22, 2025

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 · Dec 19, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2024

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 · Nov 9, 2023

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 · Nov 9, 2023

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 · Oct 5, 2023

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 · Sep 28, 2023

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) · Jul 26, 2023

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 · Mar 25, 2023