SEX FOR SALE AIDE SUSPENDED
Tories act over Minister’s diary secretary after Mirror reveals her escort shame
THE civil servant caught selling sex online has been suspended.
The Mirror’s revelations about Tory minister Dominic Raab’s aide sparked a security probe. One expert said: “This is extremely worrying.”
MI5 is being urged to investigate potential security risks posed by the Whitehall prostitution scandal.
It comes after the Mirror revealed Housing Minister Dominic Raab’s diary secretary was earning thousands selling sex to “sugar daddies” online.
The 20-year-old, who has been suspended, joked she would “love to get sacked” for romping with a client on her boss’s desk and told our undercover reporter: “I know his every move.”
The Ministry of Housing launched an urgent probe amid fears the aide – who we refer to as Lisa, not her real name – made herself a blackmail target.
Mr Raab, tipped as a future PM, could be targeted by Russia after threatening sanctions following the Salisbury nerve agent attack.
Former Met royal protection chief Dai Davies called on MI5 to step in
He told the Mirror: “The security services need to work with the Cabinet Office to establish who this woman has met and what she has told them. They need to know all they can about her activities. This is extremely worrying.“
And a former British intelligence officer added: “She could have been a target for recruitment by foreign intelligence services, even at her lowlevel, for long-term benefits.
“The worry is this individual’s access to sensitive documents and sites.”
Lisa worked in a building the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government shares with the Home Office. Her desk is said to be only a “stone’s throw” from Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s office.
A Home Office source said: “It is extremely alarming as there is clear potential for blackmail.”
The aide revealed her Whitehall role within minutes of meeting our reporter, who was posing as a rich businessman.
She told him Raab was “difficult”, “dismissive of women” and eats the same Pret a Manger meal every day.
Yesterday Theresa May’s official spokesman said the Ministry of Housing was “looking into the circumstances” of the case.
The Ministry of Housing added: “There is no suggestion that any official information has been disclosed.”