The article claims the UK obtained a secret super‑injunction to block reporting on a leaked spreadsheet of ~25,000 Afghan names and on a plan to bring tens of thousands of Afghans to Britain. It cites court papers, a list of 23,900 deemed at risk plus families, early estimates up to 43,000 entrants, and a later Ministry of Defence finding that the leak didn’t add risk because the Taliban already had personnel files.
— Secret court orders that conceal large policy actions undermine parliamentary scrutiny, media oversight, and public consent on immigration and national security.
2025.10.07
100% relevant
Grant Shapps’s super‑injunction; judges Sir Geoffrey Vos, Lord Justice Singh, and Lord Justice Warby; figures of 23,900 at risk and estimates up to 43,000; MoD’s July 4 assessment of no added danger.
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