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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Corbett

China ‘super embassy’ decision put back to December

The new deadline for Housing and Planning Secretary Steve Reed to take the decision is December 10 (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government has postponed a decision on whether to grant China permission for a new London “super embassy”, which Dominic Cummings said he was warned would house a “spy centre”.

It comes after a parliamentary committee urged Housing and Planning Secretary Steve Reed to block the plans, saying they would harm the UK’s security and economic resilience.

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