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Starmer confirms immediate removal, but it is unclear if sanctions remain on former MP, academic and barristerUK politics live – latest updatesChina has lifted the sanctions it imposed on serving British MPs and peers in a significant sign of warming r…
Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’Questions for CPS after No 10 publishes key witness statements in China spy rowMPs will hold an inquiry into the collapse of the caseagainst two m…
Statement by deputy national security adviser was central to CPS decision to withdraw spying charges against two menDowning Street will publish a witness statement from the deputy national security adviser that is seen as central to the decision to wit…
Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage casesGurpreet Singh Johal is sitting in a London hotel lobby the night before he is due to meet David Lammy.He recalls in his soft Scottish burr that this will…
Exclusive: Team will try to resolve goods and services issues amid fears Delhi is holding out for a Labour governmentBritish negotiators have flown to India in a last-ditch attempt to clinch a trade deal amid concerns that Narendra Modi’s administratio…
Party removed two people from candidates list after MI5 warned in 2021 they could be Chinese spiesThe Conservative party “acted swiftly” to block two potential parliamentary candidates from standing, after warnings from MI5 that they could be spying fo…
Exclusive: Sources believe deal will not be struck before meeting with Narendra Modi at G20 summitRishi Sunak has ruled out a quick-fix trade deal with India, making it impossible to get an agreement over the line in time for this week’s G20 summit in …
The ISC’s warnings are unlikely to act as much of a brake on Britain’s approach to ChinaIf there is one constant in the UK’s policy towards China over the past three decades it has been its short-termism and inconsistency, the scathing intelligence and…
Leaders expected to form council that will discuss response if states such as Russia and China boycott trade for political reasonsThe UK and other G7 countries are planning collective action against Russia and China if they threaten trade boycotts for …
Refugees, including a special forces soldier and a political adviser, receive ‘notice to quit’ letters from home secretaryAfghan refugee families uprooted from London to Yorkshire earlier this year have been issued with eviction notices in the name of …
Government asked if ‘embarrassment’ over support from businessman linked to alleged Croydon station slowing actionLabour has accused the government of going slow on an investigation into alleged Chinese police stations in the UK after it was reported t…
Despite MoD assurances, applicant and former British Council worker still being asked for Taliban-stamped papersAn Afghan who worked with the British Council and is applying to come to the UK has been told to retrieve documents from the Taliban or risk…
Ministers announce refugees in hotels will be offered move to a home on condition they accept first offerPolitics live – latest updatesPeople who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan are at risk of homelessness in the UK, humanitarian groups have warned, af…
Exclusive: Rami Ranger faces criticism over ‘deplorable’ comments about Pakistani journalists at the corporationA Conservative peer has been accused of using “deplorable” and “racially charged language” in a scathing attack on the BBC’s recent document…
Indian firm from which Rishi Sunak’s wife collects £11.5m in annual dividends retains staffed Moscow officeRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Indian IT services company Infosys from which the prime minister’s wife collects £11.5m in annual div…