The actor Hugh Grant has called on David Cameron to „be a statesman“ and expand the judge-led inquiry into the hacking scandal to include an examination of the „grotesque“ power that newspaper proprietors hold over politicians.

His comments echo those made by the lawyer speaking on behalf of the family of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, who said that it wouldn‘t be right for politicians to „let themselves off the hook“ when they set the remit of the inquiries. Grant and the Dowlers both said that according to what the government has revealed so far about the scope of the inquiries, they are „not good enough“.