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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jane Dalton

Starmer 'set to exempt Chinese spies from toughest national security law’

The prime minister is set to face a collision course with some of his own MPs for reportedly exempting China from the toughest tier of new UK security laws.

Russia and Iran are expected to face the strictest scrutiny under the plans, but it’s understood people in the UK working for the Chinese state will not be placed into the same category.

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