The Prime Minister, David Cameron is to appear at the Leveson inquiry next week to further investigate press standards and the relationships between politicians and the press. George Osborne, Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg are among others to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice next week.
Gordon Brown and George Osborne will both appear on Monday. Tuesday will be former PM John Major, deptuy Labour leader, Harriet Harman and Labour leader, Ed Miliband. Deputy PM Nick Clegg and SNP leader Alex Salmond will appear on Wednesday. David Cameron will spend the whole of Thursday at the inquiry.
The Leveson inquiry is to continue on Monday after a week out.
Last time the inquiry was in session, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt spent six hours in front of the inquiry to discuss his input into the News Corporation BSkyB bid.
Next week will focus further on the relationships between politicians and the press stirred up by Prime Ministers' past and present, relationships with the main culprits, i.e. Rebecca Brookes, who opened the lid on her relationship with current Prime Minister David Cameron when she was at Leveson last month.
The Leveson inquiry, set up by David Cameron last July, is looking into first the culture and ethics and practices of the media in general and secondly unlawful activities by journalists which will begin when detectives have finished looking into phone hacking and police corruption and prosecutions have been concluded.
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