Hacked Off: Tabloids on trial lays bare the true extent of brutal tabloid criminality

“The phone hacking and press criminality scandals have had devastating, lifelong consequences for their victims.  They have destroyed peoples’ relationships, caused intense paranoia, and irreparably damaged peoples’ lives.

“The people responsible – not the junior journalists but the senior executives, who ordered criminal acts – have never been brought to justice.

“The victims received unambiguous promises from the Labour Party that Leveson Part Two would go ahead, to deliver justice and make recommendations to ensure press abuse ends and is never repeated.

“If there is one thing that the testimonies in this documentary make clear it is that Sir Keir Starmer must now make a pivotal choice: will he act to protect the interests of the public or those of Rupert Murdoch?

“The Metropolitan Police Service must also reopen their investigations into News UK and other publishers.  We must not have a repeat of the past, when the Met were found to be too close to the press to properly investigate them.”

“Sir Keir Starmer promised a government of integrity.  He cannot achieve that while failing to commit to proceeding with an unfinished inquiry into mass criminality across the most powerful industry in the country.

“All governments must impose priorities, but the protection of the public should be foremost among them.  If they are sincere in their commitment to serving the British people, then this government must honour the commitments made to victims of crime and bereavement who were promised the second half of the Leveson Inquiry and action on press standards.

“Leveson Part Two has the support of the public, victims of press abuse, and the majority of Parliamentarians.  The corruption which Leveson Part Two would investigate will continue to poison politics, press culture and policing until the Inquiry is allowed to complete.  The British people have had enough of weak politicians, lacking the courage to stand up to newspaper owners.

“This issue is not going away and victims of press abuse – just like the victims of other high profile scandals – expect action on this inquiry as soon as possible.”

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