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Rupert Murdoch was accused of 'wilful blindness' by MPs

After months of investigation, this week MPs delivered their verdict on Rupert Murdoch's "wilful blindness" to phone-hacking. What happens next?

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Government comes out to bat for Murdoch

Hague: Murdoch a "great" businessman

The cross-party consensus on phone-hacking threatened to fall apart completely today after William Hague went out of his way to praise Rupert Murdoch.

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'Wilful blindness': MPs demand Murdoch exit

Rupert Murdoch not "fit" to run media company

Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company", MPs have concluded.

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Everything you need to know about the media committee's phone-hacking report

Inside the media committee's report on phone-hacking

What they agreed on, what they argued over, and what happens next: politics.co.uk picks over the bones of today's report by MPs into the phone-hacking scandal.

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Judgment day: MPs deliver phone-hacking report

James Murdoch and his father Rupert appear before MPs last summer

MPs will deliver their verdict on phone-hacking at the News of the World in a hotly anticipated report later this morning.

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The Week in Politics: Murdoch fillets Cameron

Murdoch: Sore loser?

The Murdochs are going down and they're taking no prisoners.

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Murdoch lawyer accuses him of 'shameful lie'

Tom Crone was a former lawyer for News International

Rupert Murdoch's lawyer said he was engaged in a personal campaign against him after he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry today.

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Murdoch blames cover-up for phone-hacking 'failure'

Rupert Murdoch faces tough questions at the Leveson inquiry

Rupert Murdoch has blamed "one or two individuals" for not telling him about phone-hacking at the News of the World in his appearance at the Leveson inquiry.

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Murdoch at Leveson as-it-happened

Murdoch faced Leveson today

Review every twist and turn of Rupert Murdoch's appearance at the Leveson inquiry with politics.co.uk's live blog.

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As-it-happened: Murdoch at Leveson, Jeremy Hunt statement and PMQs

Protesters from the campaign group 'Avaaz' demonstrate outside the high court

Review our live coverage of Rupert Murdoch's appearance before the Leveson inquiry - as well as prime minister's questions from midday.

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Forged in controversy: Sun on Sunday is born

The Sun rises again, in soft-focus

The first new Sunday newspaper to hit Britain for two decades rolled off the presses today, amid claims it would soon be hit by new revelations from the Leveson inquiry.

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Murdoch announces 'Sun on Sunday'

Murdoch visited offices to calm staff

Rupert Murdoch dramatically intervened in the ongoing chaos at the Sun today with a promise to bring out a new Sunday newspaper.

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The empire crumbles: Murdoch 'throws Sun reporters to the wolves'

Back in the UK: Murdoch is coming to London next week

Anger towards Rupert Murdoch was growing today, as he prepared to fly back to London amid high-level arrests at the Sun newspaper.

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Return to the frontline? Murdoch uses Twitter to back Republican candidate

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum speaks at a campaign event in Iowa yesterday.

Those who believed the phone-hacking scandal had crushed Rupert Murdoch's ability to influence politics are about to have their theory tested, after the mogul took a new approach to endorsement.

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Into the lion's den: Tom Watson attends News Corp meeting

Tom Watson heads stateside for fresh Murdoch clash

Campaigning Labour MP Tom Watson will confront News Corp shareholders with fresh allegations at the company's annual general meeting later.

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New security chief for parliament after Murdoch pie affair

Cameras capture the moment Murdoch as attacked.

Parliament may be getting a new head of security in the wake of an attack on Rupert Murdoch.

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Blair 'godfather to Murdoch's daughter'

Wendi Deng became something of a household name after she confronted an activist who attacked Rupert Murdoch in parliament.

Tony Blair's office was the subject of a torrent of questions today after reports emerged he was Rupert Murdoch's daughter's godfather.

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Phone-hacking: News International defence in pieces as new documents published

The revelations seriously undermine Andy Coulson's defence.

A letter by former News of the World royal correspondent Clive Goodman has seemingly crippled News International's defence and dragged phone-hacking back into the front pages.

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Phone-hacking round two: MPs round on James Murdoch

James and Rupert Murdoch's committee hearing last month was a moment of high parliamentary theatre.

James Murdoch is likely to be recalled to parliament to address inconsistencies over his evidence to MPs, following new developments in the phone-hacking scandal.

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'Jonnie Marbles' convicted of foam pie attack

'Jonnie Marbles' arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court. Photo: Getty Images

Rupert Murdoch's foam pie attacker 'Jonnie Marbles' has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm and distress.

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War of attrition: Phone-hacking scandal begins new phase

Police outside the News International offices in east London. What weren't they told?

Attempts to disprove the evidence given by Rupert and James Murdoch last week are seeing the phone-hacking scandal enter a new phase this week.

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Lib Dems faced 'heavy lobbying' from News International

The return of St Vince?

Vince Cable's claim comes after a newspaper report suggested the party was being 'bullied' over News International's bid to take over BSkyB.

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The week in politics: The never-ending omniscandal

Is anyone safe from the omniscandal?

The crystal meth of political scandals continues to claim more victims. Can even Ed Miliband's summer holiday kill it?

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Phone-hacking damage report: Phase two

Phone-hacking damage report: Phase two

As the dust settles on the first stage of the phone-hacking scandal, politics.co.uk looks at what's happened to the key players.

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