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MP claims Leveson used to settle scores

A senior Tory MP has delivered a stinging rebuke to Lord Justice Leveson for helping people settle grudges with newspapers.

John Whittingdale, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, questioned the remit of the inquiry into media standards, suggesting witnesses had been invited to "kick the press".

Mr Whittingdale said the probe had strayed into issues such as concentration of media ownership.

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