The Ministry of Defence offered to expedite the review of a rejected resettlement application of an Afghan national after he posted sensitive details from a data breach on Facebook, the BBC understands.

Details about the blunder can finally be made public after a judge lifted a court injunction that had been sought by the government.

The government could face a legal bill topping £1 billion in compensation to victims of the Afghan data breach scandal. Thousands of people’s lives were put at risk of Taliban reprisals when their names were accidentally leaked in 2022.