Latest updates: Journalist Chris Mullin will not have to disclose source material dating back to his investigation into the Birmingham pub bombings

Some 12,400 visas have been issued under the Ukraine family scheme as of 5pm on Monday, the Home Office has said. A total of 32,500 applications have been submitted so far, according to provisional data published on the department’s website.

And this is from Chris Mullin’s solicitor, Louise Charalambous of Simons Muirhead Burton.

This is a landmark freedom of expression decision which properly recognises the public interest in Chris Mullin’s journalism which led to the release of the Birmingham Six. If a confidential source cannot rely on a journalist’s promise of lifelong protection then these investigations will never see the light of day.

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