Ministers' criminal records to be kept SECRET from British public
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Ministers' criminal records will be kept hidden from the British public thanks to a tribunal ruling.Under a ruling by the first-tier information tribunal, Britons will not be told which Cabinet members declared any past criminal convictions during their vetting process.The tribunal sided with Whitehall against The Times last month when the newspaper tried to find out how many people in Sir Keir Starmer's Government disclosed criminal records as part of their appointment procedure.It rejected the request on data protection grounds, as that information constituted criminal offence data - which Parliament has given "enhanced" legal protection.The initial investigation came after Louise Haigh resigned as Transport Secretary in November 2024 after her undisclosed fraud conviction came to light.Haigh admitted misleading police after wrongly telling officers her work phone had been stolen as she was "mugged" on a night out in 2013.She claimed she had thought the phone had been taken, but...
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