Stirrings on the Tory backbenches
Commentators have said the prime minister’s reshuffle showed strength – but Political Editor Gary Gibbon isn’t so sure.
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Commentators have said the prime minister’s reshuffle showed strength – but Political Editor Gary Gibbon isn’t so sure.
News International’s former legal affairs manager is arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.
Two more journalists are arrested by police forces investigating allegations of phone hacking.
The high point for drama so far was Robert Jay asking David Cameron this morning if, before the election, he’d seen Rebekah Brooks every weekend he was at his country home. He had to think long and hard before saying it probably wasn’t every weekend.
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.
David Cameron gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics.
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.
Chancellor George Osborne and ex-prime minister Gordon Brown are set to appear before the Leveson inquiry as the investigation into media standards enters its most politically charged week.
“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.
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.
As Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s former special adviser Adam Smith prepares to give evidence at the Leveson inquiry, we look at the rise and public fall of the “spad”.
Ex-Daily Mirror political editor and spin doctor Alastair Campbell returns to the Leveson inquiry to discuss politicians and their relationship with the “putrid” media he now distances himself from.
– Ms Brooks commiserated by Cameron, Osborne on her 2011 resignation – Tony Blair attended Rebekah Brooks’s 40th birthday party – Former Sun editor ‘not embarrassed’ by being Murdoch’s ‘priority’ – Email shows Culture Sec Jeremy Hunt sought phone hacking advice from NI PR chief – Brooks defends ‘Sarah’s Law’ campaign We now have the…