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divdiv class=story-body readability=57 span class=story-date#13; span class=date30 October 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time11:43 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1Newspaper publishers have lost a bid to stop ministers going to the Privy Council later to seek the Queen's approval for a royal charter on UK press regulation./p#13; pAt the High Court, publishers argued the Privy Council had not considered their own rival charter fairly./p#13; pBut two judges refused them an injunction and said there were no grounds for a judicial review./p#13; pThe publishers have said they are to appeal against the court's ruling./p#13; pFollowing the phone-hacking affair and subsequent Leveson Inquiry into the ethics and practises of newspapers, politicians and the press drew up their own charters./p#13; pBoth propose a recognition panel to oversee a press self-regulation committee with powers to impose fines of up to £1m on newspapers for wrongdoing./p#13; pThe press charter would require industry-wide approval for any amendments, while the politicians' version - backed by the three mainstream parties - could be changed by a two-thirds majority in Parliament./p#13; pSome in the media claim this could let governments encroach on press freedom./p#13; div class=story-feature narrow#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/a h2 class=quote“spanStart Quote/span/h2#13; blockquote readability=4p class=first-childWhat Mr Murdoch and his friends are clinging to is the right to lie, twist, bully and intrude, inflicting misery on innocent people”/p/blockquote#13; span class=endquoteEnd Quote/span#13; span class=quote-creditBrian Cathcart/span#13; span class=quote-credit-titleHacked Off/span#13; #13; /div p id=story_continues_2Culture Secretary Maria Miller said: Both the press and the government think that the best way forward is for us to have self-regulation of the press and the principles for that are set out in a royal charter./p#13; pThe decisions today mean that we can move forward with that and we will continue to work with the industry to make sure this is a success./p#13; pThe most important thing is that we retain the freedom of the press which is such an important part of our democratic process but that we have a way of giving people redress if there have been mistakes and errors made and I think that's a shared objective between the press and the government./p#13; span class=cross-head'Good for journalism'/span#13; pIn a joint statement, the newspapers said: We are deeply disappointed with this decision, which denies the newspaper and magazine industry the right properly to make their case that the Privy Council's decision to reject their charter was unfair and unlawful. /p#13; pThis is a vital constitutional issue and we will be taking our case for judicial review - of the Privy Council's decisions on both the industry charter and the cross-party charter - to the Court of Appeal./p#13; pIt is unclear whether publishers will be able to seek an appeal this afternoon, before the royal charter goes before the Privy Council at 17:30 GMT./p#13; pThe Privy Council, whose active members must be government ministers, meets in private to formally advise the Queen to approve Orders which have already been agreed by ministers./p#13; pEarlier, Roger Alton, executive editor of the Times, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: The idea that somehow a deal stitched up between a few politicians over pizzas and a handful of lobbyists from Hacked Off, which is essentially an anti-newspaper group, the idea that such a deal is the thing that now controls the press, which is one of the most vital safeguards in our democracy, I find extraordinarily depressing, very sad... It will be resisted./p#13; div class=story-feature narrow#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_3Continue reading the main story/a h2 class=quote“spanStart Quote/span/h2#13; blockquote readability=2p class=first-childAt the end of the day, this could be a royal charter that no-one is signing up to”/p/blockquote#13; span class=endquoteEnd Quote/span#13; span class=quote-creditPaul Connew/span#13; span class=quote-credit-titleformer Sunday Mirror editor/span#13; #13; /div p id=story_continues_3Hacked Off's executive director Brian Cathcart said: The royal charter is good for journalism, good for freedom of speech, and - vitally - good for the public. /p#13; pWhat Mr Murdoch and his friends are clinging to is the right to lie, twist, bully and intrude, inflicting misery on innocent people. That has to stop./p#13; span class=cross-headStandards code/span#13; pPaul Connew, former editor of the Sunday Mirror, said: This is not simply about the big national newspapers. This is being supported by over 1,000 local and regional newspapers and by the entire magazine world in fact./p#13; pSo, at the end of the day, this could be a royal charter that no-one is signing up to. What happens next?/p#13; pUnder the royal charter, the Press Complaints Commission would be replaced by a new regulator with greater powers, and a watchdog - the recognition panel - which will check the regulator remains independent./p#13; pThe regulator, set up by the press but without any editors on the board, will draw up a standards code and can impose fines of up to £1m. /p#13; pIt will also provide a speedy arbitration service to deal with complaints./p#13; pThe recognition panel will be made up of between four and eight members, none of whom can be journalists, civil servants or MPs./p#13; pMedia organisations will be free to sign up or stay outside the new system of regulation./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center