Jeremy Hunt privately urged David Cameron to back Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB takeover bid just weeks before the Prime Minister put him in charge of ruling on the issue, it emerged last night. In a bombshell email, the Culture Secretary lavished praise on the £8 billion bid. Mr Hunt said it would allow Mr Murdoch’s son James to create ‘the world’s first multi-platform media operator’ and insisted that  if it was blocked the ‘media sector will suffer for years’. Controversial: Jeremy Hunt, left, was put in charge of dealing with BSkyB bid by David Cameron, right, after Vince Cable lost the role
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Harriet Harman says the evidence of Hunt's wrongdoing was 'absolutely massive'
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'If we block it our media sector will suffer for years,' Mr Hunt told him
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The document also adds James Murdoch was 'furious' with Vince Cable over his handling of the bid
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A source close to Mr Hunt said the memo did not mean he couldn't make an independent decision
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