Brown swings at Tory deal and ‘on oath’ testimony
Gordon Brown tells Leveson how he keeps calm in a crisis – even when facing News International executives.
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Ofcom rules that Sky, which is partially owned by the Murdoch family, should hold onto its broadcast licence in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
News International’s former legal affairs manager is arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.
David Cameron gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards about his alleged “closeness” to members of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Add your voice.
A Labour motion accusing Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt of breaching the ministerial code during the proposed BSkyB takeover is defeated.
Gordon Brown tells Leveson how he keeps calm in a crisis – even when facing News International executives.
This morning former prime minister Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards, followed by Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon. Add your voice to the live blog.
Gordon Brown criticises the Sun for revealing his son’s cystic fibrosis, while Chancellor George Osborne denies there was a conspiracy between the Conservatives and Rupert Murdoch.
David Cameron is standing by his Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt despite claims that he misled Parliament over his handling of News Corporation’s bid for BSkyB.
“He dodged a bullet today, but has Jeremy Hunt really cleared his name?”
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives evidence at the Leveson inquiry into media standards. Add your voice to the live blog.
The FT has spotted another embarrassment for the culture secretary as he steps into the high court.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives the Leveson inquiry into media ethics an insight into the level of pressure exerted on his department by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
Business secretary Vince Cable tells the Leveson Inquiry of ‘veiled threats’ against his party if he made the ‘wrong decision’ over News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB.
Jeremy Hunt’s former aide Adam Smith is to make his second appearance at Leveson, after it emerged that the culture secretary favoured News Corp’s bid for BSkyB weeks before he was put in charge.
Jeremy Hunt, told the prime minister “our media sector will suffer for years” if they blocked the BSkyB bid. Weeks later, he was given responsibility for the bid. Channel 4 News politics editor, Gary Gibbon, is on the case.