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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sought "private advice" from News Corporation over phone hacking, an email given to the Leveson Inquiry has suggested.
The previously unseen email, sent to ex-News International boss Rebekah Brooks by the firm's PR chief Frederic Michel, says Mr Hunt wanted "guidance".
Mr Hunt's spokeswoman said the claim was "inaccurate", but Labour said it was "collusion".
Meanwhile, police probing phone hacking have passed two files to prosecutors.
The latest documents relate to allegations of misconduct in a public office by police officers, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
The email to Mrs Brooks emerged while she was giving evidence on Friday to Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into media ethics.
The last line of Mr Michel's email reads: "JH is now starting to looking to phone hacking/practices more thoroughly and has asked me to advise him privately in the coming weeks and guide his and No 10's positioning…"
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Am I just confused or are others?
This is good?
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During questioning at the Leveson Inquiry on Friday, Mrs Brooks said she discussed News Corp's bid to buy BSkyB with Chancellor George Osborne.
She said she made use of a social dinner with Mr Osborne to discuss opposition being put forward by the regulator Ofcom - and then emailed his response to Mr Michel.
During the hearing, Mrs Brooks was also asked about the amount of contact she had with senior UK politicians.
She was asked whether Mr Cameron had sent her a "keep your head up" message when she resigned she said it had been "something along those lines".
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And then the laugh of the day?
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She said the prime minister signed off most texts with the letters DC but occasionally used the acronym LOL.
But she said he stopped this when he learnt the text shorthand stood for "laugh out loud" not "lots of love".
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