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Christopher McKeon

Ex-minister says no ‘fierce opposition’ to Afghan route amid data breach fallout

Former armed forces minister James Heappey appeared to contradict claims of ex-Home Office minister Robert Jenrick about the response to the Afghan data breach (James Manning/PA) - (PA Archive)

Conservative ex-ministers offered no “fierce opposition” to plans to bring Afghan refugees to the UK via a secret route following a data breach, the former armed forces minister has said.

James Heappey, who was armed forces minister at the time the data breach came to light, said claims he had backed a “new entitlement” for people affected by the breach but not eligible for other schemes were “untrue”.

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