Anger as minister leaks details

BRITAIN’S intelligence agencies were last night furious after a minister was believed to have leaked top-secret information about Theresa May’s Huawei decision.

The Prime Minister chaired a top-secret National Security Council meeting on Tuesday with members of her Cabinet.

They discussed classified information surrounding the decision on whether to give the go-ahead for the Chinese tech giant to help Britain’s new 5G network.

But the details of the meeting were leaked shortly afterwards.

A Government source said it had to be a minister and the intelligence community was furious. A source said: ‘Politics is getting in the way of national security. This is the first time it’s happened, it’s unprecedented. This would usually get you fired.’

The source added: ‘It has damaged the trust between civil servants and ministers.’

Tory MP Nicholas Soames told the BBC there should be a criminal inquiry into how details of the meeting were leaked, saying it would ‘cause our friends and allies to wonder if we can be considered reliable’.

He added: ‘Whoever is responsible should be dismissed from the Queen’s service.’