George Osborne's role in Government to be scrutinised at Leveson Inquiry In 2010, Mr Cameron gave Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, the "quasi-judicial" role of overseeing the bid. Mr Hunt, who had previously spoken in favour of Murdoch empire, had several private exchanges with Murdoch executives while he was considering the bid. The inquiry heard last month that hours before Mr Hunt was given the role, Mr Osborne hinted to him about the appointment, telling him in a text message: "I hope you like the solution!" Mr Osborne is also likely to be asked why he believed that Andy Coulson was an appropriate person to work at a senior level in the Conservative Party and in Downing Street. In 2007, the Chancellor recommended that Mr Cameron hire Mr Coulson, the former News of the World Editor, as his communications chief. Mr Coulson resigned from Downing Street last year and has been charged with perjury over phone-hacking at his former paper. Mr Cameron is said to have cleared much of his diary next week to prepare for his day-long appearance at the inquiry, which he set up last year and which has since forced a string of revelations about his dealings with media groups including Mr Murdoch's News International. Gordon Brown, the former prime minister, will also appear on Monday and is expected to renew his allegations of wrongdoing by News International journalists. Since leaving office, Mr Brown has accused The Sun of being part of a "criminal-media nexus" and of illegally accessing the medical records of his infant son. Rebekah Brooks, a former NI executive, told the inquiry last month that Mr Brown had been happy for The Sun to report details of his son's medical condition in 2006. Mr Brown only complained about the story after the paper withdrew its support for him in 2009, she said. Also giving evidence next week are Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, and John Major, the former Conservative prime minister.