Category: MI5

MI5 and GCHQ chiefs say China mega-embassy risks can’t be eliminated but mitigation is ‘proportionate’ – UK politics live

‘The package of mitigations deals acceptably with a wide range of sensitive national security issues, including cabling,’ they said in a joint letterUK government approves Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in...

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UK approves Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in London after reassurances from spy chiefs

Critics expected to mount legal challenge to plans for vast complex at Royal Mint Court amid security concernsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK communities secretary, Steve Reed, has given permission for China to...

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UK government approves Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in London

Critics expected to mount legal challenge to plans for vast complex at Royal Mint Court amid security concernsThe UK government has approved the construction of a vast new Chinese embassy complex in east London, despite concerns...

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Royal Mint Court residents plan legal challenge if Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in London approved

Claims of ‘government interference’ in decision on plans for vast outpost near Tower of LondonResidents of Royal Mint Court plan to mount a legal challenge within weeks if Steve Reed, the local government secretary,...

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Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse

Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being droppedThe director of public prosecutions has come under intense cross-party pressure to explain why the China...

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Justice secretary hits back at police in row over early prison release scheme

Ministry of Justice insists the Met commissioner, Mark Rowley, was consulted over proposed changesThe justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has hit back at the UK’s most senior police officer in a row over the impact of...

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‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

A new exhibition at the National Archives in London will reveal the extent of MI5 operation to expose the British double agent who was also Observer reporterSecret surveillance of Britain’s ­notorious double agent, Kim...

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