Gabriel Simons

"This is a grievous breach of national security." Olly Robbins calls for "prosecutions" as says he is "deeply concerned" about the leaks from the UKSV process, pointing the finger at Downing Street. The system "does not work" if it leaks, he says. "That trust, once gone, cannot be got back." "I am struck and saddened that within days... of the Cabinet Office for their own reasons deciding to open that up, to share what they thought they had found and their perceptions of it internally with Number 10... I hope that prosecutions will result."

🚨 BREAKING: Olly Robbins says that the Government tried to appoint Peter Mandelson without vetting "At the point of his appointment it was not actually a given he would be vetted... there was not stipulation from No 10 that he should be vetted"