Archive: Phone Hacking And The Leveson Inquiry

Met arrests police officer over 'plebgate'

Andrew Mitchell denied using the world 'pleb' to describe a 'member of the lower social classes'

A police officer has been arrested and bailed in connection with the 'plebgate' incident that led to Andrew Mitchell's resignation from the Cabinet.

Plebgate: Mitchell complains to police watchdog

Plebgate: Mitchell ups pressure on Met commissioner

Police chief under fire as plebgate continues in reverse

Cameron backs Miller on expenses despite probe

Maria Miller's expenses probe could cause her deep discomfort

David Cameron threw his support behind his beleaguered culture secretary today despite a parliamentary probe into her expenses.

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Comment: The brutal hypocrisy of the royal prank witch hunt

Ian Dunt: 'The morality of an action is not simply defined by its repercussions, but by the risk of the action itself.'

Those who attack the Australian radio DJs are guilty of precisely the crime they claim to be so upset about.

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Press regulation: Could royal charters be the answer?

The answer to Cameron's Leveson headache might lie deep in Britain's constitution

As the clock continues to tick on Lord Justice Leveson's proposals, Downing Street continues to look for answers - and a royal charter might just be the get-out-of-jail-free option the prime minister is looking for.

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Newspaper editors promise 'swift' reform

Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail, is thought to favour the status quo

Newspaper editors have committed to work together to "swiftly" find a solution which meets the Leveson principles of self-regulation, after their Downing Street meeting this morning.

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Tactical advantage: The Leveson mind games continue

Unity... for now. Cross-party talks continue until Christmas, Miliband says.

MPs prepared to debate the Leveson report in the Commons today, as Labour and the coalition started drawing up competing pieces of draft legislation implementing its proposals.

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Drift towards division: Leveson unity evaporates

Protesters outside the QE2 Centre on Thursday, where Leveson launched his report. Cameron opposes it

Cross-party unity on Lord Justice Leveson's to reform press regulation appeared to be sliding away this weekend.

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The Week in Review: The rise and fall of Nigel Farage's madly expressive face

Nigel Farage in a typically enthusiastic mood in Brussels

Nigel Farage and his insanely expressive face have dominated the headline - but will it pay off in 2015?

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Reactions: Leveson report welcomed

Key players give their responses to Lord Justice Leveson's recommendations outside the QEII conference centre in central London.

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High stakes poker: Cameron isolated as Clegg and Miliband team up over Leveson

The publication of the Leveson report created an extraordinary alliance against the prime minister today, as Nick Clegg reached across the aisle and teamed up with Ed Miliband against David Cameron.

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Podcast: Leveson and the internet

Leveson's recommendations have implications - but not necessarily immediate consequences - for the internet

What do Lord Justice Leveson's recommendations mean for the online world?

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Comment: Leveson offers a moderate compromise but critics won't listen

Ian Dunt: 'The press had become an independent power structure in Britain'

Even those of us who believe in self-regulation must admit this isn't the second coming of Mussolini.

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Leveson report executive summary in full

Rupert Murdoch faces the Leveson inquiry

Read the executive summary of the Leveson inquiry in full on politics.co.uk

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The Leveson report explained in five minutes

Everything you need to know about the Leveson report in five painless minutes.

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Leveson report and political fallout as-it-happened

The British press await the findings of Lord Justice Leveson's report

After months of waiting, Lord Justice Leveson's report has finally been published. Review our live coverage in which we assessed its contents - and the political reaction - this afternoon.

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Spectator pledges to break the law over Leveson

Leveson: the man everyone's talking about

The editor of the Spectator has pledged not to sign up to any new statutory watchdog of the press, ahead of the Leveson report tomorrow.

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Leveson beckons: Will Miliband and Clegg team up against Cameron?

Looking on: Could Clegg and Cameron be heading for the ultimate split?

There were suspicions of a secret deal between Liberal Democrats and Labour today, after David Cameron was warned he would not necessarily speak for the government over the Leveson report.

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Comment: Editors are as dangerous to a free press as state regulation

Ian Dunt: 'The prophecies of Britain adopting the media standards of Saudi Arabia are laughably over-excited'

The press has become hysterical ahead of the Leveson report, but we cannot ignore the dangers of statutory legislation.

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More criminal charges for Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson

Rebekah Brooks with her former boss, Rupert Murdoch

Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson had even more legal problems laid at their desk today, after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced criminal charges for conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.

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Tories rally behind press regulation call

Press behaviour needs a regulator based in statute, Tories argue

Conservative politicians have called on the government to legislate to establish some form of regulation of the press.

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Texts reveal Brooks' tears for Dave

Rebekah Brooks was happy to reveal Cameron's LOL error to Leveson

Rebekah Brooks told David Cameron his 2009 party conference speech brought her to tears twice, a newly published text message has revealed.

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Handbags at dawn: Cameron-Bryant battle continues by letter

David Cameron and Chris Bryant's ongoing dispute is continuing by the medium of letter, after the prime minister issued a catty response to Labour's questions around the Leveson inquiry.

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The Bryant-Cameron clash continues: PM acted like '15th century pope'

Bryant in the Commons: His clashes with Cameron have become decidedly colourful

The colourful clash between David Cameron and Chris Bryant continued today, when the shadow immigration secretary said the prime minister was acting like an "agitated fifteenth century pope".

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Furious Cameron refuses to answer questions at PMQs

Furious: David Cameron may regret his answer to Labour's Chris Bryant

David Cameron took the unprecedented step of refusing to answer an MP's questions during PMQs today, in a move which some parliamentarians said broke Westminster convention.

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