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Metropolitan Police head Sir Paul Stephenson has resigned after criticism that he hired a former News of the World executive as an adviser
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was arrested and released on bail on Sunday
Mrs Brooks, Rupert Murdoch and his son James are due to appear before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday afternoon

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1010: Mr Cameron says "it may well be right" for parliament to sit on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in the hacking scandal and the Culture Committee's session on Tuesday.
1009: Mr Cameron says it is important that the Metropolitan Police "does not a miss a beat" following Sir Paul's resignation.

He says "what matters most is that we ensure very swift and effective continuity" at the Met.

1006: Jon Lysons tweets: It would be interesting to see some opinion polls of the three main party leaders. Miliband must be doing well out of the #hacking affair
1006: Mr Cameron says the Met inquiry must go "wherever the evidence leads" but he says the situation in Scotland Yard is quite different from the situation in government.

He says the government has taken "very decisive action", setting up an inquiry and demonstrating "pretty much complete transparency in terms of media contact".
1005: The BBC's James Landale asks Mr Cameron to explain the difference between Sir Paul Stephenson's links with Neil Wallis and the prime minister's relationship with Andy Coulson.
1000: The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, suggests the Metropolitan Police's Assistant Commissioner, John Yates, is to be investigated by the Metropolitan Police Authority about his links to the former News of the World executive, Neil Wallis.

Boris Johnson tells BBC that John Yates has "questions to answer" about his relationship with Neil Wallis who began working as a consultant for Scotland Yard in 2009.

0958: Ian Connor, Kent, texts: Asking DC questions about Hackgate whilst at diplomatic missions where foreign press and leaders are present seems totally inappropriate.
0958: South African President Jacob Zuma has opened a joint media conference with Prime Minister David Cameron. Mr Cameron is expected to face questions over the phone-hacking row during the conference.

0957: BBC News website reader texts: I have just felt compelled to write. This allied to a recent visit to the house of commons (my first). It has made me realise that Politicians, Journalists from the BBC (I've seen this myself) plus other news organisations constantly require one another, they socialise together and work together. How can any reporting be objective and independent?
0953: Mr McKeever says any allegations of corruption must be kept in context and not become "an excuse for political point-scoring".

"The British police service remains the most open, accountable and professional police force in the world and the men and women who work within it are of the utmost integrity and have every reason to be proud."
0952: In a statement on phone-hacking, Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales Paul McKeever says: "Where any wrongdoing is found to have occurred it is right that those individuals concerned are dealt with appropriately.

"However, seeing and hearing some of the recent commentary by some media and politicians I must object, on behalf of all police officers across England and Wales, to the grossly offensive and incorrect assumption that the police service suffers from wide-scale corruption.

"If we identify a bad doctor we don't hear widespread condemnation of the entire medical profession."

 "Sir Paul has led the force through difficult times and although current circumstances show that there are still serious issues to be addressed, I believe that the force is operationally stronger today now than it was when he took over."

She tells BBC Breakfast: "What I would say is this - that until anybody is found guilty of wrongdoing and that has gone through a proper process, all Metropolitan Police officers have my confidence."
0936: A quick recap. Metropolitan Police head Sir Paul Stephenson on Sunday announced he was resigning. He had faced criticism for hiring ex-News of the World executive Neil Wallis as an adviser.

Sir Paul said his integrity was intact, but referred to the prime minister's relationship with former News of the World editor Andy Coulson. Mr Coulson resigned as director of communications at Downing Street over the phone-hacking row and has since been arrested and released on bail as part of the police inquiry, Operation Weeting.

Mr Cameron is due to speak to media later this morning.
0933: Welcome to our live page. We'll be keeping you up to date with all the latest developments in the phone hacking scandal over the coming hours.