Labour last night demanded to know if MI5 had been brought in by the Government in the hunt for the 'chatty rat' mole who 'bounced' Boris Johnson into a second lockdown. Shadow Security Minister Conor McGinn wrote a letter to his Tory counterpart James Brokenshire asking him to 'confirm whether security services resources could, or have been, deployed to help identify the source of this leak'. It sparked claims that a Minister, or adviser – dubbed a 'chatty rat' by a senior Government source – had revealed the plans to bounce Boris into the shutdown. Last night, Mr McGinn told The Mail on Sunday: 'The leaking of the plans for a national lockdown could not be a more serious breach. We must now use every tool available to uncover the source and take appropriate firm action.'

Source: Daily Mail November 28, 2020 22:03 UTC