Public Advice and Warning Service
A new regulatory body should continue to provide advice to the public in relation to issues concerning the press and the Code along with a service to warn the press, and other relevant parties such as broadcasters and press photographers, when an individual has made it clear that they do not welcome press intrusion.
- IPSO provides guidance to the public on press standards issues and on how to make complaints (IPSO, accessed March 2026).
- IPSO operates a private advisory notice service, enabling individuals to notify the press that they do not welcome media attention. This continues the former Press Complaints Commission's desist service (IPSO, accessed March 2026).
- IMPRESS also provides public information and guidance on press regulation and standards (IMPRESS, accessed March 2026).
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Accepted in Part
Response
Accepted in PartThe Prime Minister stated on 29 November 2012 that he accepted "the principles that Lord Justice Leveson has laid out" for independent self-regulation, including "an independent board, a standards code, an arbitration service and the power to demand up-front, prominent apologies and impose million-pound fines." However, he rejected statutory underpinning, expressing "serious concerns and misgivings" about crossing "the Rubicon of writing elements of press regulation into the law of the land." The Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press was granted on 30 October 2013, establishing the Press Recognition Panel as the recognition body. IPSO was established in September 2014 but has not sought Royal Charter recognition. IMPRESS was recognised by the PRP in October 2016. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/david-cameron-statement-in-response-to-the-leveson-inquiry-report
Published Evidence
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IPSO provides guidance to the public on press standards issues and operates a 'private advisory notice' service enabling individuals to notify the press they do not welcome intrusion.
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Public advice and press warning services are broadly operational.