15 h. ago Defence secretary was told that blocking the press from reporting on Afghanistan airlift was unjustified MONTHS ago

The Mail fought for two years to reveal the Government's covert airlift of thousands of Afghans after it put 100,000 'at risk of death' by leaking a database of those who had applied for sanctuary.

Society

24 h. ago Chaos and fear as Afghans exposed in huge data breach left in limbo by UK

Exclusive: ‘We don’t deserve this’ – Afghans who worked with UK forces left behind after the fall of Kabul and affected by the breach call on the UK to evacuate them now

Events

50 h. ago No 10 defends Healey amid accusations he misled Commons over Afghan data leak

Downing Street said the Defence Secretary’s statement to MPs was ‘accurate’.

Politics

54 h. ago Grant Shapps ‘surprised’ Afghan data leak kept secret for so long – despite fighting to keep media gagged

The ex-defence secretary says he was ‘surprised’ gagging order was in place for ‘so long’ - despite fighting himself to maintain it

Politics

54 h. ago 'We saved lives,' says Grant Shapps in defence of super injunction on leaked list of SAS, MI6 and Afghan names

‘There are times where you simply have to act in the most maximalist way in order to stop people from being murdered and executed,’ said the former Defence Secretary

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55 h. ago 'We saved lives,' says Grant Shapps in defence of super injunction on leaked list of Afghan, MI6 and SAS names

‘There are times where you simply have to act in the most maximalist way in order to stop people from being murdered and executed,’ said the former Defence Secretary

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55 h. ago Grant Shapps defends use of superinjunction to suppress Afghan data leak

Shapps, defence secretary when the superinjunction was imposed, said its use was ‘entirely justified’ to save livesAfghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the ARR?The former defence secretary Grant Shapps has defended the use of an unprecedented superinjunction to suppress a data breach that led to the UK government relocating 15,000 Afghans.The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) was created in haste after it emerged that personal information about 18,700 Afghans who had applied to come to the UK had been leaked in error by a British defence official in early 2022. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Grant Shapps defends Afghan data leak superinjunction that gagged media for two years

The ex-defence secretary said the pubilc understands ‘there are things that the state just has to do secretly’

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63 h. ago Armed Forces minister at time of Afghan data leak admits he and other officials 'let the country down badly'

James Heappey's rare mea culpa came after other ministers sought to distance themselves from the catalogue of errors and failures to inform Parliament about what went wrong.

Politics

69 h. ago British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak

British media reports say a major data leak has exposed the identities of U.K. spies and special forces

Politics

2 d. ago British spies and special forces soldiers exposed in Afghan data breach

More than 100 names of British government personnel were also exposed by the leak

Events

3 d. ago Details of Brits including spies and special forces included in Afghan data leak

The details of MI6 spies, SAS and special forces personnel were leaked along with the personal information of nearly 19,000 people who applied for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy

Politics

3 d. ago British spies and special forces soldiers had data leaked in Afghan breach

More than 100 names of British government personnel were also exposed by the leak

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3 d. ago ‘We were lucky to escape Afghanistan alive – nine months later, we’re still waiting to be brought to safety’

Exclusive: Rayan and his extended family have welcomed two new babies in the time they have been waiting to be brought to the UK

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3 d. ago Defence secretary revealed sensitive Afghan data breach details – but media still banned from reporting it

John Healey revealed details to MPs that have previously been kept secret – the media is fighting to be allowed to tell you what it is

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3 d. ago Defence secretary revealed sensitive Afghan data breach details

John Healey revealed details to MPs that have previously been kept secret - the media is fighting to be allowed to tell you what it is

Politics

4 d. ago UK government auditor questions MoD disclosures of Afghan data leak

Ministry accused of not telling National Audit Office about leak in ‘the established way for sensitive defence matters’

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4 d. ago Starmer says Labour ‘inherited Tories’ failings’ from Afghan data leak, must answer ‘serious questions’

Sir Keir Starmer has said that the Conservatives have “serious questions to answer” over the Afghan data breach that put nearly 100,000 Afghans at risk of being killed by the Taliban.

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4 d. ago Healey: ‘No justification for most names in Afghan data leak to claim asylum in Britain’

John Healey has said there is “no justification” for most of the names in Afghan data leak to claim asylum, stating that the majority of individuals had no connection to Britain’s armed forces.

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4 d. ago Live: Starmer faces questions in final PMQs before summer recess

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (16 July).

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