Press Complaints Commission chair urges against statutory press regulation

Lord Hunt admits sympathy with Hugh Grant's campaign but says aims can be achieved by revamped self-regulation The chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has appealed to the government and Lord Justice Leveson not to introduce statutory regulation of the press, even though he admits having sympathy with the campaign for new press laws led by Hugh Grant. Lord Hunt, who was appointed as chairman of the PCC last year to oversee its phasing out in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, sa...