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Andy Coulson

Former journalist who was editor of the News of the World from 2003 until 2007, when he resigned following an illegal phone tapping scandal. He was appointed David Cameron's communications director in 2007, and held the position of Downing Street's Director of Communications until January 2011, when he resigned over continued phone-hacking allegations.

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Fresh hacking arrest as Coulson refuses to answer new questions

07.09.11
Police investigating illegal phone hacking at the News of the World arrested have arrested another suspect... more

Comic Coogan reveals motive for 'vendetta' against Coulson

06.09.11
Comedian Steve Coogan has admitted he has a 'personal vendetta' against Andy Coulson and claimed he would do 'everything in my power' to pursue the Murdoch media empire... more

Coulson legal fees 'paid secretly by Murdochs'

24.08.11
The Murdoch media empire is accused of a 'cover-up'after claims that it is secretly paying the legal fees of Andy Coulson... more

Questions for Cameron over News of the World payments to spin doctor

23.08.11
David Cameron is facing fresh questions about his judgment after it emerged his former spin doctor was paid by the Murdoch media empire while he worked for the Conservative Party... more

Pressure renewed on Andy Coulson over phone hacking

17.08.11
The phone-hacking scandal has been reignited by fresh evidence claiming the practice was 'widely discussed' at the News of the World under Andy Coulson's editorship... more

Bombshell letter claims Andy Coulson was 'aware of phone hacking'

16.08.11
Andy Coulson is at the centre of 'devastating' new claims that phone hacking was widely discussed at the News of the World while he was editor ... more

Chancellor George Osborne 'regrets' recommending Coulson

25.07.11
Chancellor George Osborne expresses 'regret' for recommending Andy Coulson to be David Cameron's media adviser... more

David Cameron: 'I regret hiring Andy Coulson'

20.07.11
David Cameron has said sorry for hiring former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his No10 spin doctor... more

In the air: August 7 launch for Sun on Sunday?

13.07.11
No official word on when The Sun on Sunday, the title that is set to replace the News of the World, might launch... more

Miliband: PM must face Commons over Coulson

11.07.11
Ed Miliband demands for David Cameron to be brought before the Commons to answer questions about his hiring of Andy Coulson... more

Andy Coulson and ex-royal editor Clive Goodman arrested

08.07.11
David Cameron's former media chief Andy Coulson and the News of the World's ex-royal editor have been arrested... more

Ed Miliband seeks apology from PM for hiring Andy Coulson

08.07.11
Prime Minister David Cameron must apologise for his 'appalling error of judgment' in hiring ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson, Ed Miliband insists... more

Mr Cameron's great error of judgment

08.07.11
The Prime Minister's press conference today has turned the focus of the hacking scandal back on his decision to hire former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his director of communications... more

Woman journalist held in phone-hack probe

23.06.11
Detectives investigating allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World arrest a woman journalist in an early morning raid... more

In the air: Coulson back with showbiz set at Brits

16.02.11
Former No 10 director of communications and ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson was back among friends as he joined the showbiz crowd for last night's Brit Awards at the O2 and the Universal after-party at the Savoy... more

Andy Coulson 'defended executive in phone-hacking scandal'

07.02.11
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was allegedly recorded secretly by his staff defending the tactics of an executive implicated in the phone hacking scandal... more

Andy Coulson's quiet exit from No 10

01.02.11
Andy Coulson has left 10 Downing Street for the last time following the mobile phone hacking row... more

David Davis: Andy Coulson is a big loss to Tories

24.01.11
Tory party leadership has lost a vital link to the concerns of ordinary voters with the resignation of No 10 spin chief Andy Coulson, former shadow home secretary David Davis warns... more

Was Prime Minister right to try to keep him? Surely yes, but he should have gone earlier

21.01.11
In a quaint Commons ruling this morning, the Deputy Speaker refused to order a ministerial statement on Andy Coulson because it was only a story about the resignation of a No 10 official... more

Ed Balls calls for PM to fire media chief Andy Coulson as phone-hacking row continues

06.01.11
The shadow home secretary calls for David Cameron to sack communications director Andy Coulson over phone-hacking allegations... more

Andy Coulson cleared in phone tapping scandal

10.12.10
Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson is cleared of phone-hacking allegations... more

Now Rupert Murdoch feels heat over phone-hacking

15.09.10
Media Analysis: The News of the World phone-hacking scandal refuses to fade away... more

Andy Coulson faces new Commons 'phone-taps' attack

08.09.10
Emergency Commons debate will be held into the Andy Coulson phone-hacking allegations, the Speaker announces... more

News of the World phone-hacking and why we may never learn real truth

08.09.10
The News of the World is at the centre of almost every controversial story around just now... more

How will David Cameron cope with a spell on the via dolorosa?

08.09.10
Family pressures aside, on the political front the Prime Minister is discovering the good times don’t last for long... more

Downing Street dismisses new phone-tapping claim

02.09.10
New claims that the Prime Minister’s media adviser knew of illegal phone-tapping while he was editor of the News of the World are denied ... more

David Cameron's spin king Andy Coulson paid £2,000 less than the PM

10.06.10
David Cameron's communications chief Andy Coulson is being paid £140,000 a year - a fraction below the Prime Minister, Downing Street reveals... more

Ghosts back to haunt the king of Tory spin

26.04.10
Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World who is now David Cameron’s PR chief, has a public relations problem of his own... more

David Cameron gets his own episode of The Wire

22.07.09
A poacher turned gamekeeper in a sharp suit: Andy Coulson has discovered that it is harder to leave an old life behind than he would wish... more

Cameron's spin doctor admits failures over phone hacking

21.07.09
Tory leader David Cameron's chief spin doctor today admitted things went "badly wrong" under his stewardship of the News of the World... more

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