Sir Brian Leveson will not interfere in press regulation stand-off

Sir Brian Leveson insisted he will not interfere in the stand-off between politicians and the press over regulation reforms.

The judge said it would be “totally wrong” for him to comment on the controversy surrounding proposed changes, which are based on his report.

Sir Brian was giving evidence to a House of Lords select committee as the row over how to regulate the press rages on. Earlier this week, ministers rejected the industry’s proposals for a new system underpinned by a Royal Charter.

The document will be published on Friday, before being put to the Privy Council at the end of the month. Sir Brian added that he stood by what he said when he published his report last year.

“I have done my best, it is for others to decide how to take this forward,” he concluded.