Ex-MP claims ‘senior people’ at The Sun knew information was unlawfully obtained

Former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Simon Hughes (Sam Tobin/PA)

Former Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes has said knowledge that his private information was unlawfully obtained “went to the top in The Sun” after accepting “substantial” damages from the newspaper’s publisher.

Mr Hughes sued News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News Of The World, for misuse of private information and breach of confidence in 2019.