LONDON (AP) — British media ethics inquiry said today that Prime Minister David Cameron will give evidence next week, amid questions over his ties to a number of suspects in the country’s tabloid phone hacking scandal.

The judge-led inquiry, which Cameron set up to examine malpractice in the media and ties between politicians and the press, said it would also take testimony from ex-leaders Gordon Brown — who had an often troubled relationship with British newspapers — and John Major.

It confirmed it would also take evidence from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Treasury chief George Osborne, Scottish leader Alex Salmond and main opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, who has been a vocal critic of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire since the phone scandal erupted.

Cameron, who will give evidence in a day-long session on Thursday, has been stung by his links to key figures in Murdoch’s British newspaper operations.

His former communications chief Andy Coulson has been arrested and charged by police with perjury in a case connected to the scandal, while two of Cameron’s friends have also been charged over alleged attempts to hamper the inquiry into phone hacking.

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