Sir Paul Stephenson considered resigning on his first day as chief of the Met because of the Damian Green arrest furore, former assistant commissioner Bob Quick revealed... more
Police officer who led the investigation into allegations that government secrets were being passed to a Tory MP claims details of the case have been covered up... more
THE DECISION of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, not to press charges against the shadow immigration minister, Damian Green, is an embarrassment for the Government, the Home Office and the police... more
The string of leaks from the Home Office which prompted officials to call in the police was "completely undermining" the work of the department, its most senior civil servant said... more
The chances of the Damian Green affair ever coming to court receded after fresh claims that both Scotland Yard and prosecutors have real doubts about the Tory MP's arrest... more
Tory MP David Davis faces a possible police investigation over his claims that his party has been passed national security secrets, Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell signalled... more
Police believe the civil servant at the centre of the Damian Green inquiry is responsible for only half of the Home Office leaks they are investigating... more
The statement by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, about the arrest of the Tory frontbencher, Damian Green last week, was not intended to turn into a full-blown debate... more
Boris Johnson was today at the centre of a conflict of interest dispute after he admitted speaking to arrested Tory MP Damian Green and being convinced of his innocence. ... more
When did the Whitehall leak inquiry begin? It is believed to date back more than a year - to November 2007 when a leak suggested that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith covered up a scandal in which 5,000 illegal immigrants were allowed to be licensed as security guards. ... more
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