Biographer says government departments give contradictory refusals to requests and accuses them of ‘cover up’Researchers have called for greater transparency from the Foreign Office over the files it holds on the...
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Read MoreThe Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the news that a Chinese businessman has been accused of spying. Just how widespread is state-backed espionage in Westminster, and what does it mean for the UK’s...
Read MoreYang, a businessman also known as Chris Yang, can be named after judge lifted anonymity orderUK politics live – latest updatesThe alleged Chinese spy who got close to Prince Andrew as a way to gain access to the UK...
Read MorePrime minister ‘pleased with progress’ on ties with Beijing as Tory MPs warn of China’s attempts to infiltrate UKKeir Starmer has defended his government’s greater openness towards Beijing following...
Read MoreUK ministers face pressure over Chinese spy scandal as MPs consider naming suspectAn alleged Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew is just “the tip of the iceberg” of Beijing’s attempts...
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Read More‘We cannot be the naive ones in the relationship,’ says one Labour MP, as pressure mounts to put country in upper tier of risk registerMPs fear the government is moving too fast to re-establish UK-China relations as...
Read MoreAllegations raise calls for caution in UK over bid to re-establish China linksMPs fear the government is moving too fast to re-establish UK-China relations as some consider naming the alleged spy who used his relationship with...
Read MoreUK home secretary stressed need for economic co-operation, against backdrop of royal revelationsThe UK home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has admitted the government has a “complex arrangement” with China because of the...
Read MoreDominic Grieve, the former attorney general, tells the Observer he advised Tories to criminalise foreign agents in 2019Prince Andrew may have been a victim of Chairman Mao’s ‘magic weapon’Ministers failed to...
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