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Tories told to ‘stop throwing mud’ over collapse of China spy case

Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said the Prime Minister and other ministers were powerless to stop the Crown Prosecution Service shelving the case.

Evening Standard

UK delays deadline for decision on China ‘super embassy’ as spy row intensifies

The decision on whether to approve the ‘super embassy’ has been pushed back to December

The Independent UK

National security considerations ‘paramount’ in Chinese embassy decision – Reed

A decision is expected on October 21, although that could be pushed back with Steve Reed indicating it would come ‘within weeks’.

Evening Standard

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Foreign Secretary refuses to say if she saw dossier branding China a ‘threat’

The document could have been key to the collapsed trial of two men accused of spying for China.

Evening Standard

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

The former home secretary, who was in charge of MI5 at the time, said she wanted the case prosecuted and was ‘deeply frustrated’ when it collapsed

The Independent UK

Starmer’s team had access to ‘multiple’ papers showing China threat – Philp

The shadow home secretary claimed the Government could have handed the papers over to prosecutors, but they ‘chose not to’.

Evening Standard

A British Ice and more stop and search: Badenoch’s Tories set out new policies

Shadow ministers have announced far-reaching and often radical proposals – here is a roundup of some of them

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Tories vow to end ‘woke nonsense’ in police and scrap anti-racism plan

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp also promised to hire 10,000 more police officers

The Independent UK

Tories promise negative net migration and 10,000 more police if elected

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that the days of mass, low-skill migration have to end.

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch says she is ‘doing politics differently’ – you can’t argue with that

Conservative leader has achieved the seemingly impossible: she has taken the Tories even further backwards

The Guardian - UK

Tories ‘up for the fight’, Badenoch tells conference

The Conservative leader broke with tradition to deliver a welcome speech at the start of the conference.

Evening Standard

Badenoch admits Tories have ‘mountain to climb’ to challenge Reform and Labour - but can win next election

The Conservative leader also vowed to quit the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if the party gets into government

The Independent UK

Pro-Palestine marches have become ‘carnivals of hatred’, Badenoch tells Tory conference – as it happened

Party leader says Britain has allowed extremism to go unchecked

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch insists she can turn Tory fortunes around on eve of conference

Kemi Badenoch claimed the Conservatives were ‘the only party with a credible plan to deliver both a stronger economy and stronger borders’.

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The Independent UK

Tories deny mimicking Farage with plan to quit ECHR criticised by rights groups

Critics say the move would strip UK citizens of fundamental human rights protections.

Evening Standard

Calls to widen police power to ban pro-Palestine protests after synagogue attack

Demonstrations are set to go ahead in London and Manchester despite pleas by the Prime Minister and police bosses to cancel.

The Guardian - UK

Labour plans to consult on use of live facial recognition before wider roll-out

Policing minister says government will ‘put some parameters’ around its deployment in England

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan hits back at Donald Trump’s ‘misinformation’ after violent crime falls in London

There were nearly 9,000 fewer violent crimes leading to injury across London over the past 12 months, figures reveal

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UK Charities Migrant Scandal: MP Chris Philp Slams Government's Return Programme - Is Labour Keeping Them In?

MP Chris Philp blasts Labour's flawed returns programme as charity-linked scandals stall deportations. With over 31,000 Channel arrivals in 2025, critics ask: is the government keeping illegals in

Evening Standard

CPS: No outside pressure to drop charges against men accused of spying for China

The CPS faced criticism after proceedings against a former parliamentary researcher and a second man accused of spying for Beijing were stopped.

Evening Standard

Government faces fresh legal challenge over UK-France migrants returns deal

A High Court hearing will take place at 4pm on Thursday over a potential deportation under the returns deal, hours after the first removal to France.

The Independent UK

Temporary block on man’s deportation will not undermine returns deal – minister

Liz Kendall said the High Court decision was disappointing but it would not prevent the rest of the agreement with France going ahead.

The Independent UK

Starmer faces fresh pressure over returns deal after blocked deportation

Kemi Badenoch said her message to ministers was ‘we told you so’, while shadow home secretary Chris Philp called the deal a ‘failed gimmick’.

Evening Standard

Blocked deportation leaves Keir Starmer's illegal migration policy in tatters

Kemi Badenoch says her message to ministers was ‘we told you so’ after an Eritrean man won a last-minute High Court bid to temporarily block his deportation

The Guardian - UK

UK government ‘disappointed’ charges dropped against men accused of spying for China

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry were due to go on trial next month charged with breaching Official Secrets Act

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