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Leveson Inquiry: Jeremy Hunt 'sought News Corp guidance'
Source: BBC
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sought "private advice" from News Corporation over phone-hacking, an email given to the Leveson Inquiry has suggested.
The previously unseen email, sent to ex-News International boss Rebekah Brooks by the firm's PR chief, says Mr Hunt wanted "guidance".
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The last line of the email reads: "JH is now starting to looking to phone hacking/practices more thoroughly and has asked me to advise him privately in the coming weeks and guide his and No 10's positioning…"
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18037581
Full email:
Email sent by Fred Michel to Rebekah Brooks. 27 June 2011 16.29:
Hunt will be making references to phone hacking in his statement on Rubicon this week.
He will be repeating the same narrative as the one he gave in Parliament few weeks ago.
This is based on his belief that the police is pursing things thoroughly and phone hacking has nothing to do with the media plurality issues.
It's extremely helpful.
On the issue of the privacy committee he supports a widening of its remit to the future of the press and evidence from all newspaper groups on the regulatory regime.
He wants to prevent a public inquiry. For this the committee will need to come up a strong report in the autumn and put enough pressure on the PCC to strength itself and take recommendations forward.
JH is now starting to looking to phone hacking/practices more thoroughly and has asked me to advise him privately in the coming weeks and guide his and No 10's positioning…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18038991
Hunt will be making references to phone hacking in his statement on Rubicon this week.
He will be repeating the same narrative as the one he gave in Parliament few weeks ago.
This is based on his belief that the police is pursing things thoroughly and phone hacking has nothing to do with the media plurality issues.
It's extremely helpful.
On the issue of the privacy committee he supports a widening of its remit to the future of the press and evidence from all newspaper groups on the regulatory regime.
He wants to prevent a public inquiry. For this the committee will need to come up a strong report in the autumn and put enough pressure on the PCC to strength itself and take recommendations forward.
JH is now starting to looking to phone hacking/practices more thoroughly and has asked me to advise him privately in the coming weeks and guide his and No 10's positioning…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18038991
Hunt surely can't survive this. He was grovelling before Murdoch without even having to be asked.