Downing Street and CPS clash over China spy case evidence

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government faces continued pressure over the collapse of the China spy case (Suzanne Plunkett/PA) - (PA Wire)

Downing Street and the Crown Prosecution Service have clashed over the release of evidence said to be vital to explaining why the China spy case collapsed.

Cabinet Secretary Chris Wormald is understood to have been prepared to publish a Government witness statement central to the withdrawal of espionage charges against two men accused of spying for Beijing in Parliament.