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Dominic Cummings ‘to visit highly classified national security sites’

“Everyone who cares about our armed forces should be deeply worried by these developments".

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2020-07-08 13:31
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Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings will tour some of Britain’s most highly classified national security sites ahead of a major review of defence policy, according to reports.

The Sydney Morning Herald said the controversial aide had already visited MI5 and MI6, but has requested visits to five classified sites including Porton Down in Salisbury and the SAS headquarters in Hereford.

Other places include the Special Boat Service based at Poole, the Rapid Capabilities Office at Farnborough and the defence intelligence unit at Wyton, the paper reported.

Britain’s defence should not be the political plaything of Dominic Cummings

It comes amid reports of plans to slash armed forces numbers, which have been denied by the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said those who care about the armed forces should be “deeply worried” by Mr Cummings’ plans.

She tweeted: “This is unprecedented, and comes after a Tory MP threatened the Chief of the Defence Staff.

“Everyone who cares about our armed forces should be deeply worried by these developments. Britain’s defence should not be the political plaything of Dominic Cummings.”

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