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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox and Millie Cooke

Former attorney general says Starmer could have prevented officials holding back China spy documents

A former attorney general has claimed that Sir Keir Starmer could have done more to help out the prosecution before the collapse of the trial of two alleged Chinese spies.

Dominic Grieve described claims that ministers could not insist that officials pass on documents from MI5 that proved China was a national security risk as “weird” and questioned why the current attorney general, Lord Hermer, was not more involved.

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