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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’.

Evening Standard

Ex-defence secretary Grant Shapps defends Afghan data breach superinjunction

Grant Shapps has defended his decision to keep an unprecedented legal gagging order in place over the Afghan data leak under the previous…

The National (Scotland)

Shapps: ‘We saved lives with gagging order on Afghan data leak’

The details of more than 100 Britons, including those working as spies and in special forces, were included in the massive breach.

Evening Standard

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'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

Evening Standard

Spies and SAS personnel among 100-plus Britons included in Afghan data leak

Sources say leak included details of Britons who endorsed Afghan applications to be brought to UK after Taliban takeover

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Afghan data breach cover-up has fuelled the flames of distrust

The difficulty with trust is it takes just a moment to shatter and a lifetime to restore – all the while, sadly, in the void it is anger and conspiracy theories that thrive.

Evening Standard

Ex-minister claims he was misled over fate of Afghan elite soldiers abandoned by UK, as revealed by The Independent

Former armed forces minister James Heappey has broken cover over what happened regarding the massive data breach which put the lives of up to 100,000 Afghans at risk

The Independent UK

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Tory ex-ministers defend record as pressure mounts after Afghan data leak

Members of the previous administration are distancing themselves from the handling of the breach.

Evening Standard

Tory ex-ministers defend record after PM demands ‘answers’ over Afghan data leak

The leak saw the details of almost 19,000 people seeking to flee Afghanistan released

Evening Standard

Starmer’s fury over Afghan data breach as he warns Tories ‘have questions to answer’

On a dramatic day in Westminster, questions have been asked over why nobody was sacked for the data breach and why the information commissioner is not planning to investigate

The Independent UK

Voices: We’re all owed an apology for the disastrous MoD data leak

COMMENT: Defiant politicians like Ben Wallace need to stop trying to wriggle out of the events that led to a superinjunction, writes Sean O'Grady – and own up to what led to this catastrophe

The Independent UK

How an email error sparked a secret scramble to bring Afghans to Britain

The current and previous British governments are facing criticism over a secret program that resettled thousands of Afghans in the U.K. after the Taliban's return to power in 2021

The Independent UK

No automatic right to resettlement for Afghans in data leak, says Healey

Defence secretary says it was ‘never the plan to bring everyone’ on dataset to UK, while Ben Wallace denies Tories sought superinjunction

The Guardian - UK

Healey: Accountability starts now over Afghan data leak and injunction

Thousands of people have been relocated to the UK as part of a secret scheme set up after data on Afghans who supported British forces was leaked.

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Keir Starmer says Tory ministers have 'questions' to answer on data leak and secret route to UK for Afghans

At Prime Minister’s Questions, he sought to blame the previous Government for the data blunder which was kept quiet with a super injunction

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Suella Braverman apologises for Tory government ‘failures’ over Afghan data breach

Email blunder triggered the evacuation of thousands of Afghans who were brought to the UK under a secret resettlement scheme

The Guardian - UK

Rachael Maskell ‘upset’ for Labour party as she confirms her suspension – as it happened

The York Central MP said she had been suspended for ‘standing up for my constituents’ over the benefits plans

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NBA Defensive Rating Explained: How It’s Calculated and the Best Ratings of All Time

Enter Defensive Rating—a statistical attempt to drag a player's defensive impact into the light. Introduced by Dean Oliver (a pioneer in basketball analytics) in the early 2000s, Defensive Rating gives a number to determine their defensive performance.

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Evening Standard

'No apology': Ben Wallace denies cover-up over Afghans data leak that 'put thousands in peril'

Ex-Tory defence secretary says the decision to apply for the gagging order was ‘not, as some are childishly trying to claim, a cover-up’

The Independent UK

Ben Wallace takes ‘complete responsibility’ for Afghan leak — but refuses to apologise for superinjunction

Sir Ben was defence secretary when a spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 Afghans was released ‘in error’ in February 2022

Evening Standard

Former defence secretary makes ‘no apology’ for Afghan injunction

Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million scheme set up in the wake of the breach.

Evening Standard

Ministry of Defence data breach timeline

A timeline of events in the data breach and how governments responded to it.

Evening Standard

Charles and Camilla hoping runner will win at Royal Ascot

The King and Queen enjoyed their first Royal Ascot winner in 2023 when their horse Desert Hero triumphed in the King George V Stakes.

The Independent UK

Ben Wallace accuses Labour of ‘conning’ public over defence spending boost claim

Concerns have been raised that the increase in defence spending pledged by Keir Starmer’s government is ‘smoke and mirrors’

Evening Standard

'Humiliated' Trump will let Putin off the hook on Ukraine to get Russia trade deal, says Ben Wallace

The Former Defence Secretary made the prediction after a two-hour phone call between the US president and Russian leader

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