Amy Gibbons reports:
A laptop belonging to the rail minister holding confidential information about strike negotiations was stolen from a London pub, the day after the biggest strikes in more than a decade.
Police launched an investigation into the theft of Huw Merriman’s laptop on Feb 2. The investigation has since been dropped.
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A government spokesman said: “We take the security of government devices extremely seriously, which is why devices, such as laptops and mobile phones, are always encrypted so any loss does not compromise security.”
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