Archer, Ashcroft, Coulson – now Lynton Crosby. Notice a pattern?
Tory leaders have repeatedly failed to conduct proper due diligence when hiring people they think will turn the party’s fortunes around.
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Jury selection begins in the trial of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson on charges linked to phone hacking and alleged corrupt payments to public officials.
Tory leaders have repeatedly failed to conduct proper due diligence when hiring people they think will turn the party’s fortunes around.
David Cameron’s former spin doctor denies charges of phone hacking and bribing of public officials while working as editor of the News of the World.
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks denies phone hacking charges during an appearance at Southwark crown court.
Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson appear in court in London on bribery charges.
Six journalists, including two who work at the Sun, are arrested as part of an investigation into phone hacking. Channel 4 News looks at who has been arrested and charged so far.
Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks and three others will be charged in relation to alleged payments for information, the director of public prosecutions says.
News International’s former legal affairs manager is arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.
Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire loses a supreme court fight to keep the identity of the person who instructed him to intercept messages a secret.
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on Andy Coulson’s appearance at the Leveson inquiry so far.
Follow tweets and analysis from Channel 4 News as Andy Coulson, David Cameron’s former head of communications, gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards.
Andy Coulson attended meetings of the National Security Council as David Cameron’s director of communications when he was not vetted and “may have” had unsupervised access to top secret documents.
MPs investigating phone hacking at the News of the World say News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch showed ‘wilful blindness’ to what was going on at his media empire.
On his second day of giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert Murdoch will face questions over the allegations of phone hacking and bribery at the heart of the scandal that led to the closure of the News of the World. Follow all the action with Channel 4 News’ live blog and have your say here.
James Murdoch appears before the Leveson Inquiry today, ahead of his father Rupert who will give evidence for two days on Wednesday and Thursday. Murdoch Jnr is due up before the Inquiry between 10am and 4.30pm. We’ll be live blogging all the action here and you can have your say on the day’s events as they unfold in the box below.