David Cameron has backed the principles behind Lord Justice Leveson's recommendation for a tougher regulatory body for the press.
But he says he has "serious concerns and misgivings" over bringing in laws to underpin any new body.
In a first for the coalition, deputy PM Nick Clegg spoke after the PM and disagreed, saying such a watchdog was both "proportionate and workable".
Labour called the report "measured" and backed its conclusions "unequivocally".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20539239Cameron is, of course, closely linked to 2 News International employees who were at the heart of the scandal - Rebekah Brooks, his close personal friend, and Andy Coulson, whom he appointed as Conservative Party communications director, and then his personal Director of Communications after he became PM. They both appeared in court today:
Former News International boss Rebekah Brooks and ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson have appeared in court to face allegations they paid public officials for information.
They and three others are charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, as part of a police inquiry codenamed Operation Elveden.
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The allegations against Mr Kay, Mrs Brooks and Ms Jordan-Barber, 39, from Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, are that Ms Jordan-Barber was paid about £100,000 in return for information used to write approximately 60 Sun news articles between 2004 and 2012.
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The allegations against Mr Coulson, 44 from Kent, and Mr Goodman, 55 from Surrey, relate to authorised payments to public officials in exchange for information, including a royal phone directory known as the "Green Book" that contained contact details for the Royal Family.
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