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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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James Murdoch resigns as director of the companies which publish the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times.
The Prime Minister admits that he got too close to media proprietors in light of the phone-hacking scandal and calls for the relationship between politicians and the media to be “reset”.
News Corporation reports a rise in its annual profits as Rupert Murdoch says the phone-hacking scandal has had “no material impact on our other operations”.
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.
David Cameron’s new rules on transparency were rushed in on the same day Rebekah Brooks quit. The PM slung out the details of his meetings with media moguls, leaving Ed Miliband racing to match his new spirit of openness. And today we are treated, for the first time in British history, to details of who all the ministers are busy meeting (see full list on Number 10’s website).
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.
As Nick Clegg talks to journalists about the hacking scandal, our Political Editor wonders whether he missed his chance to make a mark.
Our Political Editor reports on the tensions between the Prime Minister and his backbenchers ahead of his latest statement on the hacking scandal.
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.
As David CameronĀ flies back early from his Africa trip, and the Murdochs are put on parliamentary trial, we are hearing a lot from the Opposition about the close links between Conservatives and the News Corp empire. If Labour party figures really are serious about reining in the power of Rupert Murdoch, they would do…
Things are beginning to sound a little ominous for the man in charge of counter-terrorism at the Met, John Yates. Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs.
Ed Miliband has called for Rupert Murdoch’s empire to be broken up, saying he has “too much power over British life”.
Veteran Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein tells Channel 4 News that Rupert Murdoch “intimidated journalism” and created a culture of manufactured controversy and sensationalism in his newsrooms.
Reaction and analysis as Rebekah Brooks quits News International over phone-hacking, plus the rest of the day’s developments. Add your voice to the live blog or on Twitter #c4news.