Afghans, the breach
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The personal details of serving and former members of UK special forces, and the security services, were included in the Afghan data breach
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
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle knew about Afghan data leak and should have made ministers tell MPs, Dame Harriet Harman has claimed. Speaking to Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the Labour peer said the Speaker - whose job she ran for in 2019 - should have asked for a key select committee to be made aware.
The revelation of a major data leak and subsequent relocation of thousands of Afghans to the UK has raised serious questions.
Former Armed Forces minister James Heappey has shared the "gut-wrenching" moment he learned of the Afghan data leak, admitting the previous government "let the country down badly" in a long apology.