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No. 10: “people in public life should always act with integrity”

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister has reacted to new allegations about illegal phone tapping by News International staff, saying:

“We have a system in this country that ensures that we have a free press and that is a fundamental feature of our democracy. But the media must abide by the law.

“Newspapers sign up to a code of practice from the Press Complaints Commission and the Prime Minister has made his views clear on how people in public life should always act with integrity.”

Meanwhile writing for LabourList, John Prescott, one of the victims of ‘hackgate’, says:

“This really does call Cameron’s judgement into question in hiring Coulson. McBride rightly got the sack after those childish emails. In fact, Cameron claimed the incident showed there needed to be a ‘change of culture’ in Downing Street.

“But the systematic illegal hacking of upto 3,000 people is in a different league all together. Allowing the man who allowed that to happen into No10 would be deplorable.”

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