Coulson faces phone-tap probe

DAVID Cameron's chief spin doctor will face more questioning from the police over his alleged role in the News of the World's phone-tapping scandal when he was editor.

Andrew Coulson, the head of media in Downing Street, also came under further pressure in parliament when the Home Affairs Select Committee announced that it would hold an inquiry into the phone hacking.

The government has stood by Mr Coulson, who resigned as editor of the paper in 2007 after its royal correspondent Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire were jailed for phone tapping.

Mr Coulson said he was unaware of the phone tapping. However, former News of the World journalists have claimed that he ordered them to do it.

Yesterday, the Met's Assistant Commissioner John Yates said that he would accept Mr Coulson's invitation to help in new inquiries.