Labour MP to refer Murdoch claim to police

A claim that James Murdoch gave misleading evidence to a Commons committee is to be referred to Scotland Yard, a Labour MP said today.

Tom Watson said he would be contacting Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers - who is leading the phone-hacking investigation – about the claim made by former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former legal manager Tom Crone.

“I think this is the most significant moment of two years of investigation,” he told the BBC.