Parliamentary Submissions

Here are our submissions to official Government consultations and inquiries:

Submission to BBC Charter Review Public Consultation (2015)

Submission to BBC Charter Review Public Consultation (2015)

Submission to Department for Media Culture and Sport Consultation on Media Ownership and Plurality (2013)

Submission to Department for Media Culture and Sport Consultation on Media Ownership and Plurality (2013)

Submission to Department for Culture Media and Sport on two Royal Charter Proposals for Future Regulation of the Press (2013)

Submission to Department for Culture Media and Sport on two Royal Charter Proposals for Future Regulation of the Press (2013)

Evidence Submission to Select Committee on Communications: Media Plurality (2013)

Evidence Submission to Select Committee on Communications: Media Plurality (2013)

Media Reform Coalition – The Leveson Report – Recommendations for Media Plurality (2012)

Media Reform Coalition – The Leveson Report – Recommendations for Media Plurality (2012)

Submission to Module 4 of the Leveson Inquiry (2012)

Submission to Module 4 of the Leveson Inquiry (2012)

Witness Statement to Leveson Inquiry – James Curran (2012)

Witness Statement to Leveson Inquiry – James Curran (2012)

Leveson Evidence Submitted (2011)

Leveson Evidence Submitted (2011)

Submission to Leveson Inquiry (2011)

Submission to Leveson Inquiry (2011)

Britain has one of the most concentrated media environments in the world. Just three companies dominate 83% of national newspaper circulation; five companies account for 80% of national newspaper newsbrand reach; five companies command 80% of local newspaper titles; and two companies own nearly half of all commercial analogue radio stations..

The phone hacking scandal and its aftermath demonstrated how that power has been used nationally, whilst at the local level community after community is losing the means to publicly hold power to account.

Urgent reform is needed to reclaim the media in the interest of the public.