58 m. 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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59 m. 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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66 m. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer faces PMQs grilling over China spy case

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (15 October).

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81 m. 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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1 hour ago PMQs live: Starmer set to face Badenoch as government under pressure over China spy scandal

Starmer to face grilling at PMQs in the Commons at midday

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11 h. 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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12 h. ago MICHAEL GOVE: Amid Labour's bluster over the China spy row, laughter is echoing around Beijing that Britain has crumbled like a fortune cookie under the tracks of a Tiananmen tank

Presumably, if a foreign state with provably malign intent were alleged to have co-opted individuals in the heart of Parliament to break the law, you would imagine the Prime Minister would be all over it.

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13 h. ago Starmer to face Commons grilling over China spy case as No 10 at odds with CPS

No 10 claimed the Crown Prosecution Service blocked it from publishing evidence vital to the case, something the prosecutors’ office denies.

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23 h. ago Starmer praises official who submitted evidence in collapsed China spy case

The Prime Minister has not seen the witness statement provided to the Crown Prosecution Service by deputy national security adviser Matthew Collins.

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31 h. ago ‘Did two Brits spy for China?’ is one question. ‘Can any UK PM really stand up to China?’ is an even bigger one | Gaby Hinsliff

It’s Keir Starmer’s turn to muddle through a problem that none of his predecessors solved: can his cash-poor nation afford to offend a superpower? It has all the makings of a gripping spy novel.Two young men accused of passing secrets to China, who vigorously protest their innocence, are swept up in a swirling political intrigue with a shadowy semi-mythical figure (in the shape of veteran Downing Street national security adviser Jonathan Powell) at its heart. Yet the story dominating domestic headlines as MPs returned from recess this week is not fiction, or at least not entirely.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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40 h. ago MI5 delivers chilling warning to MPs on spy threats from Russia and China

The intelligence service put out guidance to MPs and peers on how to counter 'espionage and foreign interference' amidst a row over the collapse of a major China spy case

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41 h. ago Ministers say civil servant made evidence decisions in failed China spy case

Deputy national security adviser Matt Collins named as being personally responsible for providing witness statements

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42 h. ago Speaker vents his fury at China spy trial collapse and attack on Parliament

Lindsay Hoyle has announced he is reviewing security after the China spy trial collapse and seeking advice on what more can be done

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44 h. ago Starmer aide discussed potential Beijing fallout of China spy case

Number 10 insists national security adviser Jonathan Powell played no part in decision to drop prosecution

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52 h. ago China poses threat to UK, minister says amid questions over spy case

Beijing’s threat to the UK includes in the arena of cybersecurity and its relationship with Russia, Hamish Falconer said.

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61 h. ago China spy case questions must be addressed in Parliament, Badenoch tells PM

The Tory leader said the ‘public and Parliament deserve answers and transparency’.

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61 h. ago Fury as Bridget Phillipson says CPS failed to properly prosecute China spy scandal and insists security chief has Starmer's full backing

The Education Secretary also claimed Keir Starmer has 'full confidence' in his beleaguered national security adviser Jonathan Powell.

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63 h. ago Parliament must hear answers on China spy case, Badenoch tells Prime Minister

The Tory leader criticised Sir Keir for travelling to Egypt for a summit on Gaza and called for a senior minister to address the Commons.

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68 h. ago US will be ‘perplexed’ by UK decision to drop China spy case, says ex

John Sawers questions why prosecutors chose not to proceed with trial of two Britons accused of espionage

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3 d. ago PM’s national security adviser ‘played no role in collapse of China spy case’

Jonathan Powell did not take part in discussions about the ‘substance or the evidence’ of the case, Bridget Phillipson said.

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