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• UK approves Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in London after reassurances from spy chiefs

  20-01-2026 16:57
  Critics expected to mount legal challenge to plans for vast complex at Royal Mint Court amid security concernsThe communities secretary, Steve Reed, has given permission for China to build a vast new embassy near the Tower of London after spy chiefs told him that the risks to UK national security could be controlled and dealt with.The decision paves the way for Keir Starmer to visit Beijing in the coming weeks – though local residents plan to legally challenge the decision, potentially del
  
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• ‘There can be no exclusions’: how Hillsborough law hit a roadblock

  20-01-2026 07:00
  What was meant to be a triumph for Keir Starmer has become mired in disagreement with victims’ familiesIt was meant to be a triumphant moment. After almost 16 months of briefing from Whitehall sources that Keir Starmer would never be able to keep his promise to introduce the Hillsborough law, the prime minister was introduced at the Labour conference by Margaret Aspinall.Aspinall, whose son James, 18, was one of the 97 people killed in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, has with other bereave
  
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• Royal Mint Court residents plan legal challenge if Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in London approved

  20-01-2026 07:00
  Claims of ‘government interference’ in decision on plans for vast outpost near Tower of LondonResidents of Royal Mint Court plan to mount a legal challenge within weeks if Steve Reed, the local government secretary, approves China’s plans to build a vast new embassy at the site by the Tower of London on Tuesday.Mark Nygate, the treasurer of the local Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association, said people living near the proposed development had concerns about “governm
  
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