Chain of events linked Blunkett to ‘nannygate’

A “CHAIN of events” linked former British Home Secretary David Blunkett to the speeding up of his ex-lover’s nanny’s application for leave to remain in Britain, an official inquiry found yesterday.

But former Treasury adviser Sir Alan Budd said he was unable to prove if Mr Blunkett had instructed Leoncia Casalme’s case to be “fast-tracked”, or if he raised it as an example of poor performance in his Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND).

The Conservatives described the inconclusive outcome of the inquiry as “an open verdict”.