Rebekah Brooks

A senior journalist from the News of the World has been suspended over a “serious allegation” relating to phone hacking claims involving the actress Sienna Miller.

Former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, is to contact police to ask whether his phone was hacked be journalists, after Channel 4 News learns he was a victim of a “blag” by a private investigator.

Channel 4 News learns that members of the committee set up to investigate phone hacking shied away from forcing News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to attend a meeting with them.