14 h. 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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15 h. ago Starmer says Tories have ‘serious questions to answer’ over Afghan data breach

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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33 h. ago Afghans have been betrayed yet again by this shocking UK data leak – and many don’t even know if they’re affected | Diane Taylor

This isn’t the first time Afghans brave enough to work against the Taliban have been let down by Britain, but it might be the most shamefulThe headline figures are eye-watering. Up to 100,000 Afghans could have been placed at risk after a British soldier, according to the Times, sent the names of 33,000 people who supported British forces to a contact he hoped would help verify their applications for sanctuary in this country. The story behind these numbers is one of real people who had already been living in fear for years, and who have been treated abhorrently by the British state.As soon as it became clear that the information could fall into the Taliban’s hands and lead to these people and those close to them being targeted, the highly secret Operation Rubific was launched. This debacle occurred under the previous Conservative government, which obtained a superinjunction preventing several media organisations that were aware of the leak from reporting on it.Diane Taylor writes o...

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37 h. ago Inside the £7bn secret scramble to save lives after MoD data breach

After a leak from the Ministry of Defence, officials faced a race to keep up to 100,000 Afghans from the Taliban’s clutches – with two years of court fights and rescue plans projected to cost billions, all hidden from MPs and the public. Now, after the lifting of an unprecedented superinjunction, the full story can finally be told. Social affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft reports

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37 h. ago Defence secretary issues apology over MoD data breach which put thousands of lives at risk

Defence secretary John Healey has offered a "sincere apology” following a data breach that put the lives of nearly 100,000 Afghans at risk of being killed by the Taliban.

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39 h. ago Watch live: Defence secretary addresses MPs over secret Afghan evacuation after superinjunction lifted

Watch live as defence secretary John Healey addresses MPs after it was revealed the Ministry of Defence used a gagging order to cover up a major data breach that put the lives of nearly 100,000 Afghans at risk of being killed by the Taliban.

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39 h. ago Inside the secret scramble to save lives after MoD data breach

After a leak from the Ministry of Defence, officials faced a race to keep up to 100,000 Afghans from the Taliban’s clutches – with two years of court fights and rescue plans projected to cost billions, all hidden from MPs and the public. Now, after the lifting of an unprecedented superinjunction, the full story can finally be told. Social affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft reports

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39 h. ago Massive data leak saw 100,000 Afghans put in danger as thousands brought to UK

A secret £850million scheme was set up after details of those who supported British forces emerged, it can now be reported after an unprecedented superinjunction was lifted

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