News and Speeches

Director General Ken McCallum writes in The Times about nature of the threats facing the UK and the reasons to share these with the public.

MI5 Director General Ken McCallum gave his annual threat update today, at our headquarters.

Staff at MI5 have today joined people around the UK to remember the sacrifice of those who lost their lives protecting this country and its allies.

More people can now apply for jobs at MI5 following a change to our eligibility requirements.

As the country mourns the death of Her Majesty The Queen, we reflect on the close relationship enjoyed between The Queen and MI5 during her long reign. 

Today MI5 and The Alan Turing Institute have made public our ongoing partnership, which brings together expertise from both organisations to apply artificial intelligence (AI) research to confront national security challenges. 

MI5 Director General Ken McCallum and FBI Director Chris Wray warn of growing threat posed by Chinese Communist Party.

Today, MI5 has lowered the threat level to Northern Ireland from Northern Ireland Related Terrorism (NIRT) from 'SEVERE' to 'SUBSTANTIAL'.

This February MI5 is proud to be marking LGBT+ History Month. In keeping with this year’s 'art' theme, throughout February MI5’s LGBT+ network will be hosting a series of events for our staff to explore and celebrate the expression of the LGBT+ community in art. We’ll be hosting talks, putting on book clubs, exploring the evolution of LGBT+ art and even creating an LGBT+ community art project. 

MI5, along with SIS and GCHQ, has published its Gender Pay Gap report for 2021.