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He can only hope it is an aberration and not a portent for a grim autumn campaign before his secondment with the British and Irish Lions.

She was previously a partner at consultancy firm Public Digital, which paid for her secondment to Mr Kyle's office in opposition - a donation in kind of more than £65,000.

She was previously a partner at consultancy firm Public Digital, which funded her secondment to Mr Kyle's office in opposition to the value of more than £65,000.

"Following consultation with the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the minister proposed Mr Richard Pengelly for secondment to the role," it added.

Mr Millington is on secondment from his job as assistant chief fire officer in north Wales, and is facing an employment tribunal alongside that service, and another senior officer.