SUELLA Braverman tried to cover up her leak by telling the person sent the message to delete it, an email reveals.
Casting doubt on her claims to have reported it immediately, the new revelations appear to suggest the under fire Home Secretary tried to bury it.
Emails seen by the BBC show she told the recipient of the highly sensitive message to “delete and ignore” it at around 10am – two and a half hours after the original breach.
But it was not until around midday that she reported it to officials.
The Sun revealed last week the “market sensitive” info included plans for a growth visa which Liz Truss hoped would help cut the deficit by £14billion.