Former Hull MP John Prescott is among a number of new potential victims of phone hacking identified by Scotland Yard after it said fresh evidence had emerged in the force's reopened investigation.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed it was now contacting those involved, saying detectives have an "important and immediate" new line of inquiry to follow.
Senior officers said analysis of documents seized in 2005 alongside new information has led them to take a second look at possible victims.
They added that some people previously told there was "little or no information" linking them to the case had been notified of the development.
Lord Prescott was briefed by police yesterday and afterwards said the original investigation into the hacking of phones, of which he believes he was a victim, was "completely inadequate".
The former deputy prime minister was refused permission to mount a High Court challenge over the force's handling of the case earlier this week.
The peer's bid for a judicial review, which was mounted along with Labour MP Chris Bryant, former Scotland Yard deputy assistant commissioner Brian Paddick and journalist Brendan Montague, is now expected to come before a judge in open court.
All claim there were human rights breaches in the way their cases were handled.
The Met reopened an inquiry into the actions of staff at the News of the World in 2005 and 2006 almost two weeks ago after receiving "significant new information" from News International.
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