Paul Dacre resigns as chair of journalists’ conduct committee

Paul Dacre, editor-in-chief at the Daily Mail, has resigned from his position as chair of a committee that governs journalists code of conduct, ahead of a key government review into press regulation, in order to focus his energies on his day job.
Launching a scathing parting shot at "so-called liberals" backing state regulation as he announced his departure, Dacre’s announcement brings his tenure at the helm of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) to a close at a time o