The atmosphere in the committee room was electric.
After months of investigation, this week MPs delivered their verdict on Rupert Murdoch's "wilful blindness" to phone-hacking. What happens next?
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.
Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company", MPs have concluded.
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.
MPs will deliver their verdict on phone-hacking at the News of the World in a hotly anticipated report later this morning.
The Murdochs are going down and they're taking no prisoners.
Rupert Murdoch's lawyer said he was engaged in a personal campaign against him after he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry today.
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.
Review every twist and turn of Rupert Murdoch's appearance at the Leveson inquiry with politics.co.uk's live blog.
Review our live coverage of Rupert Murdoch's appearance before the Leveson inquiry - as well as prime minister's questions from midday.
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.
Rupert Murdoch dramatically intervened in the ongoing chaos at the Sun today with a promise to bring out a new Sunday newspaper.
Anger towards Rupert Murdoch was growing today, as he prepared to fly back to London amid high-level arrests at the Sun newspaper.
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.
Campaigning Labour MP Tom Watson will confront News Corp shareholders with fresh allegations at the company's annual general meeting later.
Parliament may be getting a new head of security in the wake of an attack on Rupert Murdoch.
Tony Blair's office was the subject of a torrent of questions today after reports emerged he was Rupert Murdoch's daughter's godfather.
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.
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.
Rupert Murdoch's foam pie attacker 'Jonnie Marbles' has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm and distress.
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.
Vince Cable's claim comes after a newspaper report suggested the party was being 'bullied' over News International's bid to take over BSkyB.
The crystal meth of political scandals continues to claim more victims. Can even Ed Miliband's summer holiday kill it?
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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