The Sun’s crime reporter is to be charged in relation to an investigation into alleged corrupt payments to public officials.
Anthony France will appear before Westminster magistrates court on 21 August, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
France faces two counts of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office between 31 March, 2008 and 1 July, 2011 and 19 July, 2009 and August 14, 2009 respectively.
Charges are being brought under Scotland Yard’s Operation Elveden, which is being run alongside two other inquiries – Operation Weeting, which looked at alleged phone hacking, and Operation Tuleta, examining claims of computer hacking and other privacy breaches.
The first charge states that France conspired with Timothy Edwards – a police officer previously charged in relation to Operation Elveden – and with others unknown to commit misconduct in public office.
The second charge states that France conspired together with others to commit misconduct in public office.