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» Thursday, September 9, 2010

Phone hacking allegations

Put that the Home Secretary had said earlier this week that the Government position on the phone hacking allegations was to let the police get on with their job, but that the Deputy Prime Minister had said this morning that police should investigate new allegations as quickly as possible, and asked why there had been a change, the PMS said that there had been no change. The Deputy Prime Minister was saying the same thing as the Home Secretary; that the police should get on with their job.

Asked if there had been any change in position due to a piece in one of the papers this morning, the PMS said that it was a matter for the police to decide whether or not there was, as John Yates had said, material new evidence .

Put that it was a matter for the Prime Minister as his Director of Communications had effectively been accused of lying to Parliament, the PMS said that there was nothing in today’s newspapers that changed the position.

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