6 d. ago Lord Hermer condemns 'disgraceful allegations' that Starmer and Jonathan Powell collapsed China spy case

Lord Richard Hermer said he had been both disappointed and surprised that the trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry had collapsed.

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6 d. ago Hermer blames collapse of China spy case on law ‘not fit for purpose’

The Attorney General said prosecutors had been working in ‘good faith’ to secure a conviction.

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1 week ago Government says Attorney General was not involved in collapsed China spy case

Robert Jenrick had asked why Baron Richard Hermer had not provided evidence to stop the case collapsing.

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2 w. ago Hermer and Jones summoned to public hearing on China spy case collapse

The Attorney General and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister have been asked to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry next Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Top lawyers rounding on chief prosecutor over China spy case collapse rebuked

A CPS source says legal experts are entitled to offer an opinion ‘based on published documents and media reports’.

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2 w. ago Tories told to ‘stop throwing mud’ over collapse of China spy case

Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said the Prime Minister and other ministers were powerless to stop the Crown Prosecution Service shelving the case.

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2 w. ago How a Labour manifesto boast led to the collapse of the China spy trial... after a suspect was found with £4,000 in cash in a suitcase as he flew into Heathrow

The Daily Mail has learnt that a single sentence, which appears to have been lifted almost word for word from Labour's 2024 manifesto, led to the China spy case collapsing.

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2 w. ago Pressure mounts on DPP Stephen Parkinson to explain China spy trial collapse

Two parliamentary inquiries will look into the abandoned trial.

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2 w. ago Starmer intervention in China spy case collapse would have been ‘absurd’ – No 10

The CPS dropped the case after deeming the evidence did not show China was a threat to national security.

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2 w. ago The China spy case evidence raises more questions than it answers

Political correspondent Archie Mitchell runs through what we know – and the unanswered questions – about the collapsed China spy case

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2 w. ago Six China spying case bombshells revealed after row over whether country is 'enemy'

PM Keir Starmer has been facing questions over the unexpected collapse of the China spy case - The Mirror breaks down all the details and developments in the case

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2 w. ago China spy case row: Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer as witness statements are revealed

In the statements, deputy national security adviser Matt Collins called China ‘the biggest state-based threat to the UK’s economic security’

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer publishes key evidence in collapsed China spy case

It follows a major row over the decision by the Crown Prosecution Service to drop the case against Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry

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2 w. ago No 10 publishes crucial witness statements in collapsed China spy case

Keir Starmer ordered the release of witness statements provided for the trial of two men who allegedly spied for China

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2 w. ago Starmer pledges to publish crucial evidence in collapsed China spy case

Sir Keir Starmer made his announcement in a statement to the Commons before tetchy exchanges with Kemi Badenoch on the China spy trial collapse scandal

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2 w. ago Starmer vows to publish China spy evidence showing 'Tories behind case collapse' in tense PMQs standoff

The Prime Minister said he intends to release the witness statements prepared by deputy national security adviser Matt Collins in full

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer to publish major evidence in collapsed China spy case

The case against Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry was suddenly dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in September with charges dropped

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2 w. ago Starmer says evidence in collapsed China spy case will be published

Sir Keir Starmer said the evidence submitted by deputy national security adviser Matt Collins would be disclosed.

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2 w. ago PMQs LIVE: Kemi Badenoch's 'lawyer' insult spectacularly backfires in tense row with Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer is facing Tory leader Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions where they have engaged in a testy exchange over the collapse of the China spy case

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3 w. ago Critical evidence that collapsed the China spy trial will be kept secret

Requests to release a key witness statement by the deputy national security adviser have been rejected after the Crown Prosecution Service said it would be 'inappropriate' outside of a courtroom.

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