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# Phone hacking scandal will not affect BSKYB take over
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## The phone hacking scandal will have no impact on News Corporation's
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attempted takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, a cabinet minister has
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said.
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![Phone hacking scandal will not effect BSKYB take over][1]
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Phone hacking scandal will not effect BSKYB take over Photo: PA
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By [Steven Swinford][2] 7:00AM BST 11 Apr 2011
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[Comments][3]
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Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, rejected calls to
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postpone any decision about the takeover until the end of a police inquiry
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into phone hacking at the News of the World, which is owned by News
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Corporation.
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He described the hacking "a very serious scandal" and said the police
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investigation "must go forward". He insisted, however, that the decision about
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the takeover was "completely separate."
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"It's outrageous that people have had their voicemails hacked into, seemingly
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a large number of people," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
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"That's not something that could be acceptable in any set of circumstances."
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The News of the World yesterday printed an apology to victims who have had
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their voicemail intercepted. The apology states: "Here today, we publicly and
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unreservedly apologise to all such individuals." It added that the hacking
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"should not have happened" and "was and remains unacceptable".
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## Related Articles
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* [News of the World apology in full][4]
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10 Apr 2011
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* ['100 victims' of phone hacking][5]
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09 Apr 2011
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* [Q&A: News Corp bid for BSkyB][6]
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04 Nov 2010
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* [James Murdoch promoted to New York role][7]
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30 Mar 2011
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Boris Johnston, the Mayor of London, said that there should be a "truth and
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reconciliation commission" where editors could come forward and declare
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whether they know of phone hacking activities by their own staff.
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He said: "What I would like to see is the entire newspaper industry - what we
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used to call Fleet Street - have a general truth and reconciliation commission
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about all this. That's what we need to have.
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"I think all the editors and all the proprietors should come forward, put
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their hands up, and say whether they know of any of their reporters or
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employees who may or may not have been into these practises which have been
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exposed at the News of the World."
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The News of the World's owner has admitted there were at least eight victims
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and has put aside £20m for compensation. The paper said a number of
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individuals had brought breach of privacy claims against it over wrongful
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"voicemail interceptions" between 2004 and 2006, and others were threatening
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to do so.
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It's apology states: " "Evidence has recently come to light which supports
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some of these claims. We have written to relevant individuals to admit
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liability in these civil cases and to apologise unreservedly, and will do the
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same to any other individuals where evidence shows their claims to be
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justifiable.
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"We hope to be able to pay appropriate compensation to all these individuals,
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and have asked our lawyers to set up a compensation scheme to deal with
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genuine claims fairly and efficiently."
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News International is ready to settle claims with eight people, including
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former Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, her estranged husband, lawyer David
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Mills, designer Kelly Hoppen, sports broadcaster
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Andy Gray, and Joan Hammell, a former aide to ex-Deputy Prime Minister Lord
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Prescott.There are 24 active claims against the paper being heard by High
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Court judge Mr Justice Vos.
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Last week Neville Thurlbeck, the News of the World's chief reporter, and Ian
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Edmondson, a former assistant editor who was recently sacked over the affair,
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were questioned by police on suspicion of having unlawfully intercepted
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voicemail messages.
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They were subsequently released on bail until September.
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Mark Thomson, Sienna Miller's solicitor, said he expected "hundreds" of
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claimants to emerge following the apology by the News of the World.
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He said: "This is not a little error, this is systematic, deliberate
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surveillance on an enormous scale. It is an outrageous breach of privacy."
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