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Tessa Jowell in £200k NoW phone-hacking payout

Former Cabinet minister Jowell to donate half her damages to charity.

Former Cabinet minister Tessa Jowell has accepted £200,000 in damages after her phone was targeted by the News of the World.

The Labour MP's lawyers said News Group Newspapers had agreed to pay £100,000 of the settlement direct to a charity of her choice.

Solicitor Tamsin Allen, of Bindmans LLP, said the terms included "an ongoing obligation to disclose documents".

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