Daily Mirror

Private risk to security

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HISTORY is littered with political sex scandals. Some are mere tittle-tattle, others, such as the Profumo Affair, are matters of greater seriousnes­s.

Our expose today falls into the second category. We reveal that an aide to a senior Government minister has a lucrative second income from working for a “sugar daddy” website.

How people conduct themselves in private is not generally a matter of public interest. But it is if she’s a civil servant with access to confidenti­al documents concerning matters of state, and who boasts she runs a minister’s life.

There are implicatio­ns for national security when someone at the centre of Government leaves themselves open to threats of blackmail.

Then there is the question of whether the recruitmen­t process and vetting procedures for Whitehall staff are sufficient­ly robust.

You cannot put too high a premium on the importance of national security.

If there is a risk of it being compromise­d then it is right the public should know.

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