CLAIMS that former PM Liz Truss’s personal phone was hacked by Russian agents while she was serving as foreign secretary have prompted calls for an urgent investigation. 

Cabinet minister Michael Gove declined yesterday to deny the reports, which have fuelled further fears of a lax approach to security among senior Tories.

Grilled on the issue, Mr Gove told Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “I don’t know the full details of what security breach, if any, took place.