Jeremy Hunt accepted News Corp view on BSkyB bid, Michel tells Leveson
Frédéric Michel tells Leveson inquiry that Hunt was considered supportive by late 2010, before he took responsibility for bidJeremy Hunt had indicated to News Corporation by the end of 2010 that he was...
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Former News Corp lobbyist Frédéric Michel tells the Leveson inquiry into press standards he had increasing contact with Adam Smith, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's special adviser, from December 2010....
View ArticleFrédéric Michel and Adam Smith at the Leveson inquiry – key points
Brief highlights of Thursday's evidence to the inquiry into media standards• Jeremy Hunt's department and News Corporation exchanged more than 1,000 text messages during the period of the BSkyB...
View ArticleLeveson Inquiry: Jeremy Hunt was favourable to News Corp's BSkyB bid, says...
Jeremy Hunt's former aide Adam Smith was challenged that he had been initially non-committal about whether the culture secretary had backed News Corp's bid for BskyB from the outset. Under persistent...
View ArticleFrédéric Michel, Adam Smith and 3am texts … some lovers have less contact
It was apparent Michel had one further weapon in his arsenal: be French. He had been 'melodramatising'Until 24 April, when as a result of James Murdoch's evidence to the Leveson inquiry he was...
View ArticleThe Leveson inquiry memo that nailed Hunt's colours to the Murdoch mast
Pressue will grow on culture secretary to resign after former aide reveals private email to Leveson inquiryIf Jeremy Hunt hoped the resignation of his close aide Adam Smith would draw the sting of the...
View ArticleLeveson inquiry: Frédéric Michel and Adam Smith take centre stage
Jeremy Hunt's career hangs on credibility of middle men whose close relationship left no room for conflicting interestsThey are the middle men whose hundreds of texts and emails go to the heart of the...
View ArticleLeveson inquiry: Adam Smith describes contact with News Corp - video
Jeremy Hunt's former adviser Adam Smith continues his evidence at the Leveson inquiry. Smith told the inquiry he would advise other government officials on News Corp's position following his...
View ArticleAdam Smith at the Leveson inquiry: on legal advice not to meet with News Corp...
Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith, who resigned last month, has been appearing at the Leveson inquiry into media ethics and standards. Here he discusses quasi-judicial responsibilities...
View ArticleCulture team aware of Adam Smith's contact with News Corp, Leveson told
Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser says it would have been no surprise that Fréd Michel was in touch on a regular basisJeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith has told the Leveson inquiry the...
View ArticleDowning Street tried to rewrite Jeremy Hunt adviser's resignation letter
Proposed change in letter would have implied Adam Smith had strayed beyond his remit, he tells Leveson inquiryNumber 10 tried to rewrite the resignation statement of Jeremy Hunt's former special...
View ArticleLeveson inquiry: Friday's key points
Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith faces further grilling over his role in News Corp's bid for BSkyB• Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser, Adam Smith, tells the Leveson inquiry that the...
View ArticleMedia Talk podcast: Adam Smith and Frédéric Michel before Leveson
Media Talk this week comes from the Royal Courts of Justice where we'll be discussing the testimonies of Adam Smith and Frédéric Michel. Plus we'll asses the chances of the Hump in this year's...
View ArticleAdam Smith was too special an adviser to overstep the mark | Tom Clark
So impressive is Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser, Adam Smith, that it's ludicrous to imagine him tangoing with News CorpAdam Smith was a very good special adviser (spad). That is not just my...
View ArticleNo matter what Jeremy Hunt says to Leveson, he must go | Vernon Bogdanor
The ministerial code is unequivocal. At the very least the culture secretary is guilty of gross incompetence and unfit for officeOn Thursday Jeremy Hunt appears before the Leveson inquiry. The culture...
View ArticleJeremy Hunt's ministerial career in balance as he goes before Leveson
Culture secretary vows to give 'my full record of events' on BSkyB takeover bid in appearance before media ethics inquiryJeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, will set out his version of events to the...
View ArticleJeremy Hunt at Leveson inquiry: on Adam Smith, his former special adviser -...
The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, tells the Leveson inquiry that his former special adviser, Adam Smith, was a 'point of contact', there to 'advise' News Corp during the BSkyB takeover bid. Hunt...
View ArticleSteve Bell on Jeremy Hunt at the Leveson inquiry – cartoon
The culture secretary says it was with a 'very, very heavy heart' that he had accepted Adam Smith's offer to resign Continue reading...
View ArticlePass notes No 3,213: spads
Are MPs' special advisers essential to the smooth running of Parliament or just state-funded spin-doctors?Age: Mid-30s, on average.Life experience: PPE at Oxford.Continue reading...
View ArticleCharity founded by Jeremy Hunt paid 66% of income to chief executive
Patient Safety Watch paid Hunt’s former adviser Adam Smith more than £110,000 in year to JanuaryA charity founded by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, paid more than £110,000 – two-thirds of its income – to...
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