The Latest Breaking News from MI5

MI5 ‘still trusts Suella Braverman’ despite misconduct OLD

Home Secretary will still get top secret briefings

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

MPs to investigate if Rishi Sunak overruled cabinet secretary by reappointing Suella Braverman OLD

Exclusive: Powerful Commons committee will demand to know if warning was ignored before home secretary given her job back

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

Spy chiefs may be reluctant to share sensitive information with Suella Braverman, warns Lord Blunkett

Downing Street insisted Ms Braverman maintains ‘strong relationships’ with security services

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2022

Tory war over Suella Braverman as 'MI5 probe' sparks new calls for investigation

Sacked Tory chairman Jake Berry launched an explosive attack on Home Secretary Suella Braverman after she was rehired by Rishi Sunak - despite breaking ministerial rules. Now fresh allegations have emerged from January

Daily Mirror · Oct 27, 2022

Suella Braverman deserves ‘second chance’ as Home Secretary, says Tory chairman

Nadhim Zahawi defended Rishi Sunak’s controversial decision to bring her back into the Cabinet, saying she deserves a shot at ‘redemption’.

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022

MI5 plotted to infiltrate fifth 'Beatle' spy into Jihadi John's ISIS terror cell

The secret operation was pulled at the last minute – ending hopes the Londoner’s murder spree could be halted – amid fears the agent would be unmasked and publicly executed.

Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022

Foreign Agent Registration Scheme to be added to UK National Security Bill

Security minister Tom Tugendhat said the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme embraces ‘open and transparent engagement with foreign governments’.

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

New Cold War papers show just how far Britain has come on LGBT issues

Today MI5 is releasing a massive number of its historical files into the National Archives at Kew. Among them are papers telling for the first time the inside story of its investigation of John Vassall — the notorious KGB spy in the Admiralty until his arrest in 1962.

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022

MI5 missed early chance to expose Soviet agent Kim Philby, files reveal

British intelligence viewed Flora Solomon as ‘inconsequential’ in 1951 but her evidence later ‘clinched’ case against Philby

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022

British KGB spy’s lavish Moscow lifestyle laid bare in MI5 files

Soviet Russia used John Vassall's sexuality to blackmail him into betraying Britain

Wales Online · Oct 11, 2022