The closeness of David Cameron’s links to the Murdoch media empire were further exposed today when it was revealed Rebekah Brooks told him they were “definitely in this together”.

James Murdoch is reportedly set to step down as chairman of satellite broadcaster BSkyB following months of pressure to relinquish the role in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at News International.

News International executive chairman James Murdoch was today due to appear before the British Parliament as he returns for his second grilling by a Commons committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal.

SCOTLAND YARD was accused of “a catalogue of failures” over the phone hacking investigation in a damning report by MPs that said up to 12,800 hacking cases may exist.

The publisher of the News of the World tonight denied that its reporters had hacked into the phones of hundreds of public figures.