Cabinet Ministers’ meetings with News International revealed
Our Political Editor trawls through the list of meetings Cabinet Ministers have held with newspaper proprietors since the General Election – and finds some interesting figures.
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Glenn Mulcaire, who went to jail over phone-hacking, acted “on the instructions of others” according to his lawyers, as MPs ask News International’s James Murdoch to clarify his evidence in writing.
Our Political Editor trawls through the list of meetings Cabinet Ministers have held with newspaper proprietors since the General Election – and finds some interesting figures.
Vince Cable has attacked the “right-wing nutters” in the US who are threatening to cripple the world economy. The Business Secretary also said there were “big questions” about the Murdoch empire.
News Corporation’s marketing arm falls under the scrutiny of the US Justice Department, over allegations that it hacked into the computers of a rival firm.
Investigating the hacking affair is turning into an industry of its own, with more than 10 bodies tasked with probing the scandal and its aftermath. Who are they?
David Cameron says he regrets the furore caused by his hiring of ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson. Meanwhile News Corp has finally ceased payments to convicted phone-hacker Glenn Mulcaire.
The Sun’s website has been targeted by computer hackers. LulzSec, which has previously attacked companies including Sony, claimed it carried out the hijack.
The Prime Minister is to fly home early from his visit to Africa to make a statement to MPs on Wednesday on the escalating scandal over phone hacking.
Europe’s leaders remain divided over how to respond to the debt crisis which threatens the very existence of the Euro. Three days before a summit they must agree a second bailout package for Greece.
The former head of Westminster’s sleaze watchdog enters the phone-hacking fray nine years after she accused MPs of hounding her out of office.
Rebekah Brooks says she is “helping police with their enquiries” after being arrested at an appointment in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking. She has been released on bail.
David Cameron revealed today that he had Andy Coulson to stay at Chequers after the phone hacking suspect resigned as Tory press chief over the scandal. Who else has been invited to the PM’s country pile? We may never know the whole story, as FactCheck discovered…
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson stayed with Prime Minister David Cameron at Chequers in March, several weeks after he quit as the PM’s communications chief over phone-hacking allegations.
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