Documents from three inquiries lost in the post
Information relating to three judge-led inquiries, including two fatal police shootings, have gone missing in the post, the Ministry of Justice has said.
Labour: Files loss 'an appalling lapse in security'
The loss of two discs containing information on three sensitive inquiries by the Ministry of Justice is "an appalling lapse" in security, Labour have said.
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said: "This is an appalling lapse in security concerning highly confidential information on very sensitive investigations.
"It would be disastrous if this data got into the wrong hands.
"The Justice Secretary needs to get an urgent grip on this situation and set out what the Government is doing to find this data and reassure the public that measures are in place to prevent it happening again."
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