Lawyers for Lord McAlpine are seeking a larger payout from ITV than the £185,000 they received from the BBC last week.
The former Tory politician's legal team confirmed they were looking to get a larger figure from ITV's This Morning.
The broadcaster sparked fury after presenter Phillip Schofield brandished a list of names of alleged abusers he had found on the internet and handed it to the Prime Minister during a live interview, asking if he would investigate them.
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