Government email leads to injunction
An internal email between two members of Tony Blair's inner circle is at the centre of a BBC story which was banned from broadcast, the Corporation has revealed.
Attorney General Lord Goldsmith went to the High Court on Friday to obtain an injunction preventing the BBC from revealing details of the story, relating to the ongoing investigation into cash-for-honours allegations.
Lord Goldsmith revealed that he was acting on the request of the Metropolitan Police, which has conducted a 12-month investigation into claims that peerages were offered in return for financial support for political parties.
A spokesman for the Attorney said that police were concerned that the disclosure of information contained in the story could have harmed their inquiry.
Lord Goldsmith - a member of the Cabinet - was acting independently of the Government in seeking the injunction, said the spokesman.
In a statement, the BBC said that its report on cash-for-honours was a "legitimate matter of public interest".
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