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Leveson inquiry: Monday's key points | Leveson inquiry: Monday's key points |
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• Fife NHS board has apologised after details of Gordon Brown's son's cystic fibrosis were "most likely" leaked by a member of staff without authorisation. | • Fife NHS board has apologised after details of Gordon Brown's son's cystic fibrosis were "most likely" leaked by a member of staff without authorisation. |
• Brown denied giving the Sun permission to run a front-page story about his son's illness and said Rebekah Brooks presented him with a "fait accompli". | • Brown denied giving the Sun permission to run a front-page story about his son's illness and said Rebekah Brooks presented him with a "fait accompli". |
• Brown denied saying he would declare war on News Corporation in a phone call with Rupert Murdoch in 2009. | • Brown denied saying he would declare war on News Corporation in a phone call with Rupert Murdoch in 2009. |
• He denied his former special advisers Charlie Whelan and Damian McBride briefed against government colleagues. | • He denied his former special advisers Charlie Whelan and Damian McBride briefed against government colleagues. |
• Brown told he inquiry he has passed to police a recording of Sunday Times reporters allegedly discussing "illegal [newsgathering] techniques". | • Brown told he inquiry he has passed to police a recording of Sunday Times reporters allegedly discussing "illegal [newsgathering] techniques". |
• News International's "commercial interests" took over under James Murdoch, Brown claimed. | • News International's "commercial interests" took over under James Murdoch, Brown claimed. |
• He criticised the Sun for its "sensationalised" coverage of the Labour government's policy on the Afghan conflict. | • He criticised the Sun for its "sensationalised" coverage of the Labour government's policy on the Afghan conflict. |
• George Osborne defended the decision to hire Andy Coulson as Conservative director of communications in 2007 and claimed his News International links were not relevant. | |
• Osborne said he was satisfied with Coulson's "single rogue reporter" assurances on News of the World phone hacking. | |
• Osborne: he and David Cameron believed News Corporation's BSkyB bid was "politically inconvenient", but said he did not have strong views about the aborted £8bn bid. | |
• Cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood suggested handing responsibility for BSkyB bid to Jeremy Hunt after Vince Cable's "war on Murdoch" comment, according to Osborne. |
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