David Cameron promises investigation after Labour MP Nick Raynsford raises claim in parliament about senior official
The prime minister says he will investigate claims a senior government official's phone was hacked while Andy Coulson was No 10 communications chief. Photograph: PA
David Cameron is to examine allegations that a senior government official was subjected to "disgraceful and illegal" phone hacking and hostile media briefing while Andy Coulson was the Downing Street director of communications.
The prime minister said he would look "closely" at the claims, raised in the Commons by a former Labour minister, that the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, was alerted to the allegations.Nick Raynsford, the former housing minister who raised the allegations, told MPs: "The prime minister has repeatedly emphasised that he has no evidence of any complaint or questions about the conduct of Andy Coulson while he was heading the government media service.
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