Cameron and Clegg set for eleventh-hour talks on Leveson proposals Speaking to BBC1's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Osborne insisted that a deal could still be done before the vote. "We want to make sure we have a system of press regulation that prevents the abuses we saw in the past happening again, but also makes sure we have a free press in this country," he said. That is such a precious thing: people fought - and literally died - to give us a free press. The Prime Minister has already achieved a huge amount in protecting a free press from those who want to undermine it. I would say it would be great on Monday if we can get some kind of agreement, even at this late stage, between the parties. Because, frankly, I think press regulation which is achieved in a way which divides the political parties is not press regulation that is really going to last, and it is not going to be a press regulation which is deeply-rooted in our culture. However, there was concern after Mr Osborne repeatedly referred to a new "press law," despite the Conservative Party's previous pledge not to introduce legislation to control newspapers. There is still an opportunity for us to get together and get a press law that works. Ultimately we are not about grandstanding on this; we are about getting a press law that works," Mr Osborne added. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, and Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, both want parliamentary legislation to back Royal Charter regulating newspapers. The two party leaders on Friday disclosed their joint plan for MPs effectively to oversee a new newspaper regulator, ending centuries of press freedom. The Liberal Democrat and Labour party leaders issued an unprecedented joint clause for parliamentary legislation which would create a new system to oversee newspapers. Under the plan, a new Royal Charter would be established to oversee the regulation of the press, and parliamentary legislation would formally recognise the Charter in law. The Prime Minister and freedom of speech campaigners believe that such a move would undermine the free press, as MPs would be able to use the legislation in the future to regulate the media. Mr Cameron published rival plans, which do not involve MPs in the new system, but he is expected to lose the parliamentary vote tomorrow, if it goes ahead, to the new Lib Dem-Labour axis. There have been suggestions that Labour's determination to introduce press laws - rather than agree to the original Royal Charter plan proposed by Mr Cameron - may have been influenced by threats from the campaign group called Hacked Off. Hugh Grant, the Hollywood actor who is a leading member of Hacked Off, has confirmed that he personally called members of the shadow cabinet last week to warn them not to settle "much too early" amid signs of cross-party agreement. However, he dismissed the idea that Hacked Off was a "smooth sinister operation." Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, also admitted that senior figures in her party were shown the press release, however, she claimed their "position has always been the same." Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes suggested between 20 and 60 Tory MPs could rebel in tomorrow's vote and be joined by smaller parties - which would mean a very heavy defeat for Mr Cameron. On our side of the argument there are Conservatives - up to 60 at the maximum but probably 20 core people. There are Irish parties, nationalist parties, the Green Party, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and possibly some Tories - now that's quite a big coalition. I hope that what will happen tomorrow is that the will of the House will be that we implement Leveson as closely as possible, that the Prime Minister will accept that, and it will therefore be clear that the view of Parliament, across the parties after having read Lord Justice Leveson's report, is that we have a better, stronger system of dealing with the press.