Cooper launches review of ‘serious failures’ in Alaa Abd el-Fattah case

Foreign secretary says due diligence procedures were inadequate amid storm over activist's past tweets

Yvette Cooper has launched a review looking into serious information failures" around the case of a British-Egyptian activist welcomed to the UK despite his past tweets now called abhorrent" by the government.

Keir Starmer said he was delighted" by Alaa Abd el-Fattah's arrival on Friday but a political storm erupted after social media posts from a decade ago were unearthed including some in which the activist had called for Zionists to be killed.