Rupert Murdoch will be quizzed by MPs for a second time over allegations of phone hacking and corrupt payments.
The Commons Culture Media and Sport Committee plans to recall Mr Murdoch in the autumn to answer questions over a secretly recorded clip of him meeting News International journalists in March.
Critics have insisted the tape showed Mr Murdoch’s real attitude to the crises that have engulfed his empire, in contrast to the contrition he displayed when giving evidence to the committee two years ago.
The Hacked Off campaign group has demanded his recall and suggested he may have committed a contempt of parliament.
The News Corp boss was apparently recorded describing the treatment of journalists who had been arrested as a “disgrace” and saying that police had been told to obtain court orders to get information, rather than the company offering up material as it had done previously.
The audio, obtained by the Exaro investigative website and broadcast by Channel 4 News, was said to have been made during a meeting with journalists from The Sun at his British newspapers’ headquarters in Wapping, east London, in March.
