British spy agency MI5 has apologized to the BBC. The unprecedented situation arose after MI5 was forced to say sorry to three courts for lying about a neo-Nazi agent who attacked his girlfriend ...

The head of MI5 has serious questions to answer about his support for an agent accused of far-Right extremism and violence against women, according to a lawyer representing one of the victims.

MI5 lied to three courts while defending its handling of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who attacked his girlfriend with a machete, the BBC can reveal. Arguing for secrecy, the Security ...

MI5 has issued an "unreserved apology" after a court was misled in a bid to stop a suspected Security Service informant from being identified. The High Court was “misled” by false information ...

At a hearing today, the court in London heard that part of written evidence provided by MI5, reported to be from a deputy director in the Security Service, was false. Jude Bunting KC, for the BBC ...

A woman whose suspected Security Service informant partner allegedly attacked her with a machete has called for an apology from MI5. She says she was repeatedly abused by her partner, a foreign ...

The MI5 has been forced to admit it “misled” the High Court during a bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant. In 2022, the government attempted to stop ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. MI5 has admitted it provided “incorrect information” to the English courts in a case concerning an ...

The head of MI5 is under pressure after the Security Service was forced to apologise for lying to try to stop the BBC from unmasking one of its agents as a neo-Nazi. Sir Ken McCallum personally ...

But there are real concerns about how transparent the two investigations will be. And, if a review now needs to recommend how to ensure MI5 gives accurate evidence to courts, some will wonder what ...

The High Court was ‘misled’ by false information from MI5 during the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge has been told ...

Thames House in London, the headquarters for MI5 (picture: Getty Images) A women’s campaign group has said MI5 must ‘transform’ a culture that masks abuse ‘in codes of silence and secrecy ...