Exclusive: Harriet Harman?s letter to David Cameron

Labour’s deputy leader, Harriet Harman, is about to send a letter to David Cameron calling for potential breaches of the ministerial code to be investigated by the Independent Adviser on the Ministers? Interests:

Dear Prime Minister,

I am writing to you in respect of questions of breaches of the Ministerial Code which arise from the handling by the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport of the News Corporation bid for BSkyB.

There are clear breaches of the ministerial code detailed below.

These must now be referred to the Independent Adviser on the Ministers? Interests as a matter of urgency.

The breaches of the ministerial code:

1. Failing to take responsibility for the actions of his special advisor contrary to paragraph 3.3 of Ministerial Code

The Secretary of State admitted in the House of Commons today that in the

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