Starmer Faces Pressure Over China Spy Case Collapse

UK government denies meddling in China spy trial

No.10 insists there was ‘no role for any government minister or member of the government in this decision-making process’ after espionage trial pulled.

Labour 'undermined Chinese spy probe to protect relationship with Beijing'

Labour has undermined an investigation into a Chinese spy probe against politicians to protect the UK's relationship with Beijing.According to senior UK officials, Sir Keir Starmer's international security advisers and the Foreign Office had a significant dispute with the Home Office over the so-called China spying case.It is understood that the Home Office wanted to press ahead with the case but Sir Keir's Government intervened leading to prose…

UK Government Says It Was Not to Blame for Collapse of China Spy Trial

Starmer Faces Questions Over Suppressed China Spy Case, Echoing Trudeau’s Beijing Scandals

Sam Cooper Alleged political meddling in a collapsed espionage case targeting Starmer’s China-critical opponents sparks crisis of confidence in Whitehall’s independence. Keir Starmer’s government is undergoing a credibility crisis over national security, with the Prime Minister himself facing mounting questions about whether he wielded political influence to have Whitehall’s independent prosecution service abruptly drop a rare Official Secrets A…

Starmer Faces Questions Over Suppressed China Spy Case, Echoing Trudeau’s Beijing Scandals: Analysis

Alleged political meddling in a collapsed espionage case targeting Starmer’s China-critical opponents sparks crisis of confidence in Whitehall’s independence.

UK government says it was not to blame for collapse of China spy trial

The British government said on Monday it was not to blame for the collapse of a trial of two men accused of spying for China, saying it was a decision made by prosecutors who relied on language used by the previous government in its China policy.