Politicians have called for an inquiry into how more than 1,000 prominent figures who are to receive honours had their home and work addresses posted on a government website. Personal details of those on the new year honours list – including more than a dozen MoD employees and senior counter-terrorism officers – were published in a downloadable list at 10.30pm on Friday. The Cabinet Office said the document was visible on its website for around an hour. The initial signs in Whitehall were that any internal inquiry would be limited to the Cabinet Office. A member of the public contacted the Guardian after downloading the spreadsheet from the government website page where the 2020 new year honours list was posted and noticing that addresses were included.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2019 10:18 UTC