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The current number of claimants today is higher than previous forecasts, the administration admits.

NGN agreed damages but made "no admission of liability in relation to the claimant's allegations of voicemail interception and/or other unlawful information gathering at The Sun", the court was told.

Both Betty and Sir Alan were part of the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme, and those claimants were offered the option of taking a fixed sum of £75,000 or pursuing their own settlement.

Sir Alan was part of the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme, under which claimants can either receive £75,000 or seek their own settlement.

The agency said it had "detected fraudulent diversion of public money by various Reliance Anil Ambani group companies" and that it was "committed to restituting" the proceeds of these crimes to "their rightful claimants".