From under investigation to his resignation

2008

October 8 – The Cabinet Office calls in the Metropolitan Police to investigate the Home Office leaks.

November 19 – Junior Home Office official Christopher Galley is arrested and suspended from duty.

November 27 – Mr Green is arrested and held by the Metropolitan Police for nine hours on suspicion of “conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, and aiding and abetting, counselling or procuring misconduct in a public office”.

November 28 – Speaker Michael Martin is widely denounced for allowing police into the Palace of Westminster to search Mr Green’s office.

Tory leader David Cameron criticises the “heavy-handed tactics” employed by Scotland Yard.

November 30 – Home Secretary Jacqui Smith refuses to apologise for the arrest, saying the police had to be allowed to “follow the evidence where they need to” without interference from the Government.

December 1 – Mr Galley insists he acted in the public interest.

December 16 – The Metropolitan Police announces they have received the final report into their probe into the Whitehall leaks.

Mr Johnston says Mr Green’s arrest and the search of his parliamentary office was lawful, but questions the “proportionality” of the manner of Mr Green’s arrest. 2009

April 16 – The Crown Prosecution Service announces Mr Green and Mr Galley will not face prosecution.

April 24 – Mr Galley is sacked following a disciplinary hearing. He says he is looking for a job as a political researcher.

2017

October 31 – Theresa May asks Whitehall’s top civil servant to investigate allegations that Mr Green, now First Secretary of State, made inappropriate advances towards female activist Kate Maltby in 2015 – which he denies.

November 6 – Mr Green faces being interviewed as part of the Cabinet Office investigation, which is expanded to include claims that pornography was found on one of his parliamentary computers in 2008.

December 20 – Mr Green leaves his role after the inquiry found he breached the ministerial code over “inaccurate and misleading” statement which suggested he was not aware indecent material was found.

In her reply to his resignation letter, Mrs May said she “shared the concerns” over the original raid on his office and the comments made by a police officer who worked on the case.