Tony Blair, leader of the Labour Party, yesterday met regional publishers and newspaper editors at a Newspaper Society lunch.
In a move aimed at emphasising Labour’s view of the importance of the regional press, Mr Blair said: “We see communicating with the regional press as a very big part of the campaign indeed. We get a far fairer crack of the whip with regional media than with the national media.”
He also reaffirmed Labour’s stance on a number of issues of concern to regional newspaper publishing, including: renewing Labour’s commitment to support VAT zero-rating for newspaper cover-prices in Europe and Britain, and supporting self-regulation of the press and the progress made by the Press Complaints Commission under Lord Wakeham. Media ownership legislation, employment policy and Europe were also discussed.
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