Rupert Murdoch testified on allegations of illegal phone hacking by News Corporation employees. Topics included his leadership style and relationship with Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, and conversations with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Lord Justice Leveson on July 13, 2011, to investigate the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper News of the World. The hearings were divided into four modules, or phases: 1) the relationship between the press and the public, and phone-hacking and other potentially illegal acts 2) relationships between the press and police 3) the relationship between press and politicians 4) recommendations for improved policy and regulation.