David Cameron: I did ride ex-police horse lent to Rebekah Brooks
Prime minister confirms that before the election in 2010 he rode the horse lent by police to the former News of the World editor.
View ArticleEuropean commission criticised for 'racist' ad
Video showing white European woman facing down Chinese, Indian and Brazilian fighters is withdrawn after outcry.
View ArticleDownton Abbey could get tax break in TV production plan
Downton Abbey and other high budget British television dramas are to be given tax breaks, which could be worth tens of millions of pounds a year, as the government attempts to prevent productions...
View ArticleJeremy Hunt's department mishandled BSkyB bid – cabinet secretary
Sir Jeremy Heywood admits culture department's errors with written warning to all departments over special advisers' conduct.
View ArticleJeremy Hunt's supporters rally to save his political career
Tory MPs respond to request to tweet support for culture secretary, but in private many are less positive.
View ArticleNews International executives should face possibility of jail, says MP
Labour frontbencher Chris Bryant makes call as Les Hinton, Tom Crone and Colin Myler referred to standards watchdog.
View ArticleFrédéric Michel: smooth operator for James Murdoch or French fantasist?
Leveson testimony of James Murdoch's chief UK lobbyist may determine not only his own future but that of Jeremy Hunt.
View ArticleCameron to announce new guidelines following Hunt fiasco
PM will implicitly accept that the government's handling of the News Corp bid to take control of BSkyB was flawed.
View ArticleWhy the Brooks text is so embarrassing for David Cameron
Text shows Cameron's links with the former NI chief were far closer than former PMs' contacts with the media empire.
View ArticleLeveson: No smoking guns – but an awkward day for Cameron
Message shows the PM's links to former News International chief go far beyond Blair's and Brown's contacts with the empire.
View ArticleDavid Cameron must listen to Leveson recommendations, says Simon Hughes
Lib Dem deputy leader speaks out after Times report suggesting Cameron set to reject statutory intervention in regulation of press.
View ArticleFears at Irish Daily Star over Richard Desmond closure threat
Union confirms 'fear, panic and anger' in Dublin that media owner could axe 100 jobs over Duchess of Cambridge pictures.
View ArticleDavid Cameron vows to bone up on his history after Letterman show gaffe
'I'm a history obsessive, so I'm sorry I didn't do better,' says prime minister, who didn't know translation of Magna Carta.
View ArticleClegg: banning Sun's Page 3 girls would be illiberal
Deputy PM declines to back campaign to ban tabloid institution on the grounds that government should not dictate newspaper content.
View ArticleMichael Gove mocks Lord Justice Leveson during Spectator awards
Education secretary highlights Tory misgivings about judge a week before publication of inquiry's report into future of the press.
View ArticleLeveson winners and losers
Criticised or cleared? The biggest winners and losers after Lord Justice Leveson's 16-month inquiry were:.
View ArticleDowning street and Daily Telegraph at war over Maria Miller allegations
Newspaper says No 10's director of communications issued a threat related to Miller's involvement in the Leveson negotiations.
View ArticleMaria Miller faces parliamentary investigation into her expenses
Standards watchdog to open inquiry into culture secretary's second home arrangements after claims in Daily Telegraph.
View ArticleAndrew Mitchell 'pleb' row: Downing Street and Met police clash
No 10 calls for urgent investigation into allegation that serving officer fabricated evidence against former chief whip.
View ArticleDavid Cameron's ex-policy guru Steve Hilton criticised over policy remarks
Senior figure says Hilton, who suggested No 10 often learned of own policies through the media, undermined planning process.
View ArticleBBC strike: David Cameron insists corporation is 'well funded'
PM highlights executive pay levels as thousands of staff walk out, forcing Radio 4's Today and BBC1's Breakfast off air.
View ArticleNick Clegg veto could derail Cameron's press regulation plan
Downing Street admits prime minister's plan to establish a royal charter would need the agreement of his deputy.
View ArticleLeveson reforms: No 10 remains hopeful of cross-party deal
Tory leadership appears to be moving away from hardline stance before House of Commons vote on Monday.
View ArticleConservatives seek eleventh-hour press regulation deal
Newspaper groups including owners of Sun and Mail threaten boycott of regulator if plan proposed by Labour agreed to.
View ArticlePress regulation leaves many newspapers furious at 'historic' deal
Protests from industry as David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband agree to create powerful regulator in late-night talks.
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