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Watch out for online contact with Chinese spies, UK defence minister warns public
After MI5 issues China espionage alert to parliament, Luke Pollard says message should be heeded by all citize…
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China in ‘covert and calculated’ effort to recruit MPs and peers, minister says
Dan Jarvis gives Commons statement after MI5 alert about LinkedIn profiles of Amanda Qiu and Shirly ShenMPs an…
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Key witness statement in China spy row to be published, says Starmer
Statement by deputy national security adviser was central to CPS decision to withdraw spying charges against t…
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Parliament vulnerable to ‘foreign actors’ after China spying charges dropped, Commons speaker says
Lindsay Hoyle says decision by prosecutors to drop case ‘leaves the door open’ to spiesThe aide, the associate…
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MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry
Group received emails about Ahsan Mansur, the central bank official investigating money laundering allegations…
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MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry
Group received emails about Ahsan Mansur, the central bank official investigating money laundering allegations…
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Sunak considering exemptions to Rwanda bill for some Afghans
Lords also press ministers to allow independent Rwanda monitoring as deportation bill returns to CommonsUK pol…
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Tory party ‘acted swiftly’ to block would-be MPs after MI5 warnings
Party removed two people from candidates list after MI5 warned in 2021 they could be Chinese spiesThe Conserva…
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Discovering Britain’s first Asian MP | Letter
David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre was the first, not Dadabhai Naoroji, says Tony BerrettDavid Ochterlony Dyce Sombr…
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The Guardian view on the Afghan evacuation: a governmental disaster and human tragedy | Editorial
A damning report by the Commons foreign affairs committee exposes the full scale of failure by ministers and o…
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Boris Johnson did prioritise animal charity for Afghan evacuation, MPs told
Second whistleblower suggests to committee that top civil servants lied to cover up episodeA second whistleblo…
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Raab’s negligence over Kabul is now clear. If he had any honour, he’d quit | Simon Tisdall
Official cables confirm that the former foreign secretary could have foreseen the chaos of the Afghanistan wit…
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UK borders bill could criminalise Afghan refugees, UN representative warns
Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor tells MPs proposed legislation could end up punishing those fleeing Taliban if travelli…
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UK troops could not have remained in Afghanistan, PM tells MPs
PM says military defence of Afghanistan was not possible in absence of ‘American might’ Afghanistan live news:…
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Japan is also swimming against the tide on same-sex marriage | Brief letters
LGBTQ+ rights in Japan | Literary incorrectness | PMQs | A marital palindrome | Cross wordsMany congratulation…