A "root and branch clean-out" of police who sell confidential information is needed, according to the lawyer acting for Milly Dowler's family.

Mark Lewis said it "appeared" that officers had given information to the press.

In June it was revealed Milly Dowler's phone was hacked by the News of the World after her abduction in 2002.

A Surrey Police officer was taken off the investigation into her disappearance that same year.

A spokeswoman for Surrey Police said the force was helping the Metropolitan Police in the continuing investigation into links between the press and police.