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On 18 July 2011, it was announced that Elizabeth Filkin would lead an inquiry related to the News International phone hacking scandal which would «recommend changes to links between the police and the media, including how to extend transparency.»

The three executives will face fierce questioning from MPs who have fought a tenacious campaign to expose the phone hacking scandal which has plunged Mr Murdoch's media into crisis in the space of two weeks.

The original Leveson Inquiry took place in 2012 following the phone hacking scandal which led to the closure of the News of the World.

Not exact matches

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

Other unhelpful stories such as the phone hacking scandal were dismissed as «codswallop» which had been «cooked up by the Labour party.»

Mr Lewis is also calling for a full independent inquiry into the conduct of the British press as a result of the phone hacking scandal, in which News Corporation is heavily implicated.

The Arab Spring, phone - hacking scandal, August riots and the eurozone crisis have dominated headlines this year - and I'm betting it'll be the latter which grips MPs» attention in the Commons in just a few minutes» time.

This time last year the fury of the right - wing press had failed to hide some genuinely encouraging signs of bravery — bravery which presented itself during the phone - hacking scandal.

That may have been a blessing, with Bryant instead enjoying a high profile stint on the culture select committee which saw him at the forefront of the battle with News International during the phone hacking scandal.

But it did not have the same impact on British public life that the phone - hacking scandal is having, and will have, on the country in which we all live - and read about - every day.

The News Corporation chief, who had faced criticism for not apologising before, is seeking to put the phone - hacking scandal behind him by finally expressing regret at the practices which took place under his leadership.

This report comes amid the ongoing Leveson inquiry into the phone hacking scandal, which has severely damaged the reputation of investigative journalists in the UK.

The development follows a spectacular rift between the two men earlier this month, in which Mr Starmer effectively dismantled Mr Yates» reasons for not pursuing more leads in the phone - hacking scandal.

News of the World David Wooding claimed a much - rumoured Sunday Sun paper would not easily grab readers from his paper which has just closed amid a phone hacking scandal.

During the phone - hacking scandal, which led to the closure of the News of the World, she revealed that her own phone had been hacked 28 times in early 2006.

The move to boost competition in the banking sector forms part of a broader set of proposals which Labour hopes will help Miliband position himself firmly on the side of reformers — as he did after the phone - hacking scandal.

In 2011 the then prime minister, David Cameron, announced a public inquiry into press standards after the phone - hacking scandal which brought down the News of the World.

Her most significant moment came during the media committee's inquiry into the phone - hacking scandal, which boosted the reputation of select committee and saw News International employees accused to lying to parliament.

The original Leveson inquiry, which began in 2011 following the phone - hacking scandal, was always meant to include two parts.

After the August riots, Ed Miliband rightly made a connection between the «me - first» culture evident in the riots and that which was displayed in the scandals involving MPs» expenses and phone hacking.

Wireless was awarded a no - bid $ 27 million contract to track student performance throughout New York state, which was pulled back after the News Corp phone hacking scandal.

However as the recent scandal in the UK concerning the hacking of phones of celebrities, the bereaved etc shows, the public interest is not always the same thing as that which interests the public.

However, Steven Heffer, partner at Collyer Bristow, which acted for many of the celebrities affected by phone hacking, said: «It is astonishing that the government is abandoning it promises to victims of the phone - hacking scandal.»