Recommendation L89: Full Menu of Plurality Remedies
From An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press, published 29 November 2012.
Recommendation
Ofcom has presented the Inquiry and the Government with a full menu of potential remedies, and it has not been argued or suggested that any of them are inappropriate in principle. Each of them might be appropriate in a given set of circumstances and the relevant regulatory authority should have all of them in its armoury.
In brief (written by this site)
The Inquiry recommended that regulatory authorities hold a full menu of media plurality remedies. In a written parliamentary answer in November 2015, Ed Vaizey, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, stated that Ofcom had published a measurement framework, but the government needed to consider it and how to make a baseline assessment before considering further work in this area (Ed Vaizey, Nov 2015). The Department for Culture, Media and Sport previously stated in its August 2014 consultation report that it would not review existing regulatory levers or propose remedies until both the framework and baseline assessment were produced (Department for Culture, Media and Sport response, Aug 2014).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 2 Oct 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
Government has been clear that it will not consider changes to the existing policy or regulatory framework for media plurality until the measurement framework and baseline assessment have been delivered, so that we can ensure any changes are proportionate and targeted. Therefore our response to the consultation does not seek to review existing regulatory and policy levers, nor does it seek to propose potential remedies.
Blanket government agreement does not establish acceptance or delivery by each addressee. Some response passages cover groups of recommendations.
Scope of the government response
PM David Cameron responded to all 92 recommendations with a single statement accepting them "in principle" or "in part". No per-recommendation response was published.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Ofcom has been found in the sources searched (last checked 24 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
What other bodies have found
In their own words. These do not change the delivery statement above.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (12 November 2015)
In response to Lord Leveson's recommendations on media plurality we asked Ofcom to consider how we measure media plurality in the UK. Ofcom published a framework for measurement on the 5th November. We will need to consider that framework and how we make a baseline assessment before we consider any further work in this area.
From: Media (written question 14742), Ed Vaizey, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy
Site note: The question asks how the Government plans to implement Lord Leveson's recommendation that regulatory authorities should be able to impose structural and behavioural remedies. The answer refers to his recommendations on media plurality as a whole.
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Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response - Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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