An official inquiry into claims that David Blunkett misused his public position to help his former lover today concluded that there was “a chain of events” linking him to the speeding up of her nanny’s application for leave to remain in Britain.

A complaint against former British Home Secretary David Blunkett was upheld today after he gave his ex-lover two first-class rail tickets paid for by the taxpayer.

The findings of the investigation into claims that former British Home Secretary David Blunkett misused his public position to help his former lover will be published later today.