The MoD’s 2022 leak of data on about 18,700 Afghans who assisted UK forces exposed grave failures in data security, secrecy, and accountability, causing severe human harm, political fallout, financial irregularities, and lasting damage to Britain’s credibility. This report details just how this came about.

Britain’s accelerating dependence on Palantir Technologies Inc has prompted a call for a parliamentary debate, amid concerns that a foreign defence-tech firm with opaque contracts and contested ethics is becoming embedded in core state functions without adequate democratic scrutiny.

A British Army inquiry has found that some soldiers at its Kenya training base continue to pay for sex despite a 2022 ban, prompting new disciplinary measures and renewed scrutiny over past misconduct.

A series of reports by Action on Armed Violence reveals that Britain’s military justice system is mired in secrecy, impunity, and institutional evasion, with elite units shielded from scrutiny, whistleblowers silenced, and the Ministry of Defence systematically resisting accountability.

For nearly two years, a super-injunction obtained by the Ministry of Defence concealed a catastrophic data breach affecting thousands of Afghans, gagging the press and Parliament alike, in a chilling demonstration of how national security can be used to suppress democratic accountability and public scrutiny.