HUGH GRANT called yesterday for the second part of the Leveson inquiry to take place after settling his phone-hacking damages claims against Mirror Group Newspapers.

The actor is understood to have donated a six-figure damages sum to campaign group Hacked Off.

Speaking outside court, Mr Grant said the case was not just about him but the “nature of high-level concealment at the Mirror Group.”

Alex Wilson, for MGN, said the company “deeply regrets the wrongful acts of its former employees.”

But Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom chair Ann Field said the settlement did not end matters.

“Murdoch and co will pay unlimited sums to keep these cases out of court. Individual settlement is one thing, breaking up the power of the media conglomerates is quite another.

“Reining in monopoly ownership is essential for a democratic media subject to the law of the land instead of the laws of profit and political manipulation.”