A flight coming in to land at Heathrow airport in London (Photo: Getty Images Europe)
The Home Office has sacked its chief immigration inspector after he claimed that high-risk aircraft are landing in Britain without security.
David Neal “breached” the terms of his appointment and had “lost the confidence of the Home Secretary”, the department said.
It comes after Mr Neal, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, provided information to a newspaper that appeared to show Border Force officials failed to check passengers on hundreds of private jets landing at London City Airport.
The Home Office had rejected the claims, reported by the Daily Mail, and accused Mr Neal of putting “misleading data into the public domain”.
The Government department said it had made Mr Neal aware that a large proportion of flights recorded as high-risk should have been re-classified as low-risk
This breaking news story is being updated.
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