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The Barry Gardiner debacle proves our urgent need to tackle China's influence in British institutions
Kemi Badenoch: ‘We should not be describing China as a foe’

Kemi Badenoch has said the UK should not be describing China as a “foe”, despite the arrest of two men under the Official Secrets Act amid reports a parliamentary researcher spied for China. Badenoch, the business and trade secretary, instead chose to term China a “challenge”, sticking to the wording of the government’s integrated security… Read more »

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Conservative Party must be ‘decent and humane’, justice secretary Alex Chalk says

The Conservative Party must be “decent and humane”, the justice secretary has said.  It come as the chancellor is considering real-terms cuts to benefits in the government’s autumn statement. Alex Chalk, a moderate Conservative MP appointed justice secretary in April, urged his colleagues that Conservatism must provide support to the most disadvantaged in society, adding…. Read more »