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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Will Woodward

Phone-hacking claims: Key questions that Andy Coulson needs to answer

• When Andy Coulson was deputy editor and then editor of the News of the World, did he know that journalists on the paper, other than the paper's former royal editor Clive Goodman, were engaging in apparently illegal acts, including phone-hacking?

• If he knew, what action if any did he take against the journalists?

• If he knew, did he tell Rupert Murdoch or other senior executives at News Group?

• If he didn't know, why didn't he know?

• Who did the paper target on Coulson's watch?

• Did the paper specifically target Labour politicians?

• When Coulson was in those roles, did News Group make any payments to settle legal cases that threatened to reveal phone-hacking by journalists on the paper?

• Did he tell David Cameron of any other cases other than Goodman's?

• As a News of the World executive, did he allow the newsroom, as Andrew Neil claimed, to get "out of control"?

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