Phone Hacking, Spying and Politicians

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In December 2023, former cabinet minister Chris Huhne received a six-figure sum from the publishers of the News of the World and Sun for phone hacking. He now wants the police investigation into phone hacking reopened, in the belief that hacking right at the top of government. Does Chris Huhne have a case? Ceri Thomas reports.

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Jeremy Aspinall

The 2011 scandal that saw Rupert Murdoch’s News International in the frame for industrial-level phone hacking of celebrities and ordinary citizens alike resulted in the closure of the News of the World, the setting up of the Leveson inquiry, and years of civil court cases. But now a new dimension to the story has arisen, with members of the Coalition government claiming they were targeted because of their opposition to Murdoch wanting to take full control of BSkyB.

Former energy minister Chris Huhne was forced to resign after career-wrecking headlines but he has since received a six-figure sum for being hacked, encouraging him to request a police investigation on the grounds of corporate espionage. Former Today editor Ceri Thomas asks whether he has a case.

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