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• Dominic Raab denial over torture-risk decisions was wrong, officials admit

  05-12-2023 20:31
  Committee says that after Raab’s curry analogy, full picture was provided only when it pressed for further informationThe former foreign secretary Dominic Raab approved a decision that risked someone being tortured despite denying this to a parliamentary committee, officials have admitted.The disclosure comes in a report on Tuesday by the intelligence and security committee on international partnerships. Continue reading...
  
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• MPs and peers rebuke Sunak over lack of national security oversight

  05-12-2023 18:20
  Intelligence and security committee says failure of PM and immediate predecessors to engage is ‘unacceptable’Rishi Sunak has been accused of hiding national security matters from proper oversight by a frustrated parliamentary intelligence watchdog.The intelligence and security committee (ISC), which is made up of senior MPs and peers, pointed out that it had held annual meetings with the prime minister to scrutinise the government on national security issues every year for 20 years s
  
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