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David Lynch

MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ by China spy case as No 10 defends Starmer’s approach

Director general of MI5 Sir Ken McCallum gave a speech (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

The head of MI5 has admitted he was “frustrated” by the collapse of the Chinese spying case, after Downing Street insisted it would have been “absurd” for the Prime Minister to intervene and stop its withdrawal.

Ken McCallum warned “Chinese state actors” present a national security threat to the UK “every day”, with the security services having carried out an operation against a threat from Beijing within the last week.

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