‘Sacked for doing my job’: Immigration chief says he was fired on Teams call after ‘speaking truth to power’
The former independent chief inspector of borders and immigration has said he was sacked by the home secretary over a Microsoft Teams call for “doing my job” and defended “speaking truth to power”.
David Neal was dramatically fired by James Cleverly last week after he went public with criticism of border security measures at London City Airport.
Speaking to MPs on Tuesday, Mr Neal said he was “sacked for doing my job” as chief inspector and said his role required him to “expose” risks to the country. He said that his team of 30 employees found out about his sacking in the media because he
