Sun Whitehall editor Clodagh Hartley and the girlfriend of a HM Customs press officer have been cleared of plotting to reveal government secrets in exchange for cash.

Ex-Whitehall editor Clodagh Hartley, 40, said she was "doing her job" when she requested Customs press officer Jonathan Hall be paid for stories about government waste and maladministration.

Hall, 43, chief of the HMRC's law enforcement desk, has admitted misconduct in public office after receiving £17,475 over more than three years from The Sun.