Government faces pressure to designate China a security threat

Relations between the UK and China have improved under Sir Keir Starmer, but the two countries are now embroiled in a spying row (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government faces renewed pressure to designate China a threat to national security after the naming of an alleged Chinese spy with close links to the Duke of York.

Yang Tengbo, who denies wrongdoing, is the latest person to be named as an alleged Chinese agent following claims in recent years about Beijing’s infiltration of Westminster.