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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Hughes

Tories took ‘swift action’ after MI5 warning about would-be MPs

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The Conservative Party took “swift action” to drop two potential candidates to become MPs after MI5 warned they could be Chinese spies, a Government minister said.

The security service advised the Tories in 2021 and 2022 that the two hopefuls should not be included on the central list of candidates, The Times reported.

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