23 h. ago Labour minister says UK will not tolerate ‘covert and calculated’ spying by China

The Tories have pressed the Government to place China in the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme (Firs)

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23 h. ago We will not tolerate ‘covert’ interference, says minister amid China spying risk

MPs, peers and parliamentary staff have been warned by MI5 over spying threats from Chinese security services.

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24 h. ago Revealed: China's LinkedIn 'spies' who targeted MPs as ministers vow to stop Beijing getting 'sensitive' access to Westminster

MI5 has issued an alert about two individuals in China trying to 'interfere with our processes and influence activity at Parliament'.

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24 h. ago MI5 issues new China espionage warning after spies pose as headhunters on LinkedIn to target MPs

Security minister Dan Jarvis said the government will not tolerate ‘covert and calculated’ attempts by China to interfere with the UK’s sovereign affairs

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25 h. ago Chinese spying amounts to interference in UK democracy, minister says, after MI5 warns MPs – politics live

Dan Jarvis, the security minister, says China is trying to contact MPs and peers to get sensitive information about parliamentBack at the Reform UK press conference, Zia Yusuf, the party’s head of policy, has just finished outlining his plan to cut spending on foreignersAs he finished, Yusuf claimed this was “treachery”.Labour is making the conscious and deliberate decision to continue funding extortionate amounts to foreign nationals, to the detriment of British citizens.And I don’t know what to call that. Frankly, in my view, it’s treachery. I think it’s appalling. British people are sick and tired of it.Just a few months ago, Rachel Reeves was saying she couldn’t afford to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Now it looks like becoming her latest U-turn.This isn’t because the economic circumstances have improved. Quite the opposite. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago MI5 warns MPs they could be targeted by Chinese spies in new ‘espionage alert’

A new ‘espionage alert’ has been circulated to members of the houses of Commons and Lords, issued by the security services

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6 d. ago Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’

The outgoing head of the Secret Intelligence Service on the rise of China, why Putin is not interested in talks — and how screen spies aren’t always far from the truth

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6 d. ago Alan Cumming claims Westminster should get its 'boots off our necks' in row over gender ID

The New York-based actor and friend of Nicola Sturgeon claimed it “blows my mind” to see ministers in London “interfering in what the democratically elected people have decided to do”.

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3 w. ago China upgraded missiles using UAE technology, Biden spies said

Intelligence sparked intense debate in Washington about its relationship with Gulf state

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