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A probe into the Ministry of Defence’s Afghan data breach was dealt with through “a few unrecorded meetings and a handshake”, an MP has claimed in a damning assessment of the regulator’s role in the scandal.

The catastrophic breach exposed the details of thousands of Afghans who said they were in danger from the Taliban because of their links to UK forces and wanted to escape to Britain

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