Regulators on the rack over phone hacking

The latest, hideous developments in the phone hacking scandal are emblazoned across all this morning’s papers — all, that is, expect the tabloids. And our political leadership is putting voice to its concerns, too. Only this morning, David Cameron said of the allegations surrounding the News of the World that, “If they are true, this is a truly dreadful act and a truly dreadful situation.” And Ed Miliband has since given an atypically firm and assertive interview, calling on Rebekah Brooks to “consider her conscience and consider her position.” Perhaps he was stung by Tom Watson’s criticism, last night, that all three party leaders have “let the Dowler family down” by not calling for a public inquiry.

But perhaps the most telling intervention has come from Peta Buscombe, the chairwoman of the Press Complaints Commission, who appeared on the Daily Politics earlier.