The government has been challenged about “serious security” concerns following breaches involving both Suella Braverman and Liz Truss.
The prime minister’s phone was hacked by agents presumed to be working for Russia’s Vladimir Putin during the Tory leadership race, while the home secretary resigned after sharing a sensitive government document via her personal email, but was reappointed her role by Rishi Sunak within days.
The former head of the British Army said Ms Truss’s and Ms Braverman’s breaches shows “ill discipline”.
The Labour MP told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme: “We have to have proper answers about whether or not this was the first security breach from Suella Braverman.
“There’s also questions about whether she was investigated for other security leaks, including around a case involving the security service, and around a case involving sensitive legal advice around Northern Ireland.”
But cabinet minister Michael Gove has insisted that he is happy with the home secretary, calling her a “first-rate, front-rank politician” but added that the government takes security issues “incredibly seriously” and has “very robust protocols” in place.
