Theresa May has sacked Gavin Williamson as Defence Secretary despite his "strenuous" denial that he was responsible for the unprecedented leak of information from the National Security Council (NSC).
Theresa May acted following the leak of secret discussions surrounding the Huawei 5G contract.
The NSC sees ministers meet with heads of security and intelligence agencies to hold top secret discussions.
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