Mediagazer: PM backs Culture Secretary over ‘threats’ to newspaper (Libby Wiener/ITV News)

8:00 AM ET, December 12, 2012

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Libby Wiener / ITV News:

PM backs Culture Secretary over ‘threats’ to newspaper — The Prime Minister has confidence in his Culture Secretary Maria Miller, his spokesman insisted today. — It follows claims that her special adviser Joanna Hindley threatened the Daily Telegraph over a story about Mrs Miller's expenses.

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