By Matt Blake PUBLISHED: 07:40 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 13:33 EST, 25 May 2012 Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser was told his job was safe hours before being ordered to fall on his sword after damaging emails between the Government and the Murdoch empire were revealed. Adam Smith said the Culture Secretary had assured him over evening drinks that the aide was only doing his job that he should not worry. But the following day Mr Hunt spent the morning in meetings before calling his assistant in and telling him 'everyone thinks you need to go', Mr Smith said.
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Adam Smith tells Leveson that Hunt told him to fall on his sword
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'I don't regret it': Cameron defends decision to hand BSkyB decision to Hunt
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Just a week before bombshell memo, Hunt was warned by civil servants not to get involved in bid
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Hunt addressed a senior News Corporation lobbyist as 'daddy' and 'mon ami' in dozens of jokey and intimate text messages
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Fred Michel said to Nick Clegg's aide: 'Most people of power and influence try to avoid Duke of York at all costs!'
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Harriet Harman says the evidence of Hunt's wrongdoing was 'absolutely massive'
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Boyfriend of murdered model Sally-Anne Bowman to sue News International for phone hacking
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Hunt and Tony Blair will appear at the Leveson Inquiry next week
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