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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin and Millie Cooke

China is a national security threat to the UK, spy case official warned

The government’s deputy national security adviser repeatedly described the “threat” posed by China in witness statements Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to publish as part of an extraordinary row over a collapsed spying case.

The revelation comes as the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy announced that it would be holding a formal inquiry into the collapse of the case, amid growing questions for both the Crown Prosecution Service and the government.

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