Andy Coulson resigns as phone-hacking scandal rocks Downing Street
• PM’s press chief stands down over phone hacking claims • ‘When the spokesman needs a spokesman it’s time to move on’ • David Cameron denies new evidence is imminent Officials said the steady drip of allegations over News of the World phone-hacking was taking its toll on Andy Coulson’s family. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters Andy Coulson, a key member of David Cameron’s inner circle, today resigned as Downing Street’s director of communications, saying the wave of allegations that he was involved in illegal phone hacking when editor of the News of the World made it impossible for him to continue….
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