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Handling of China spying case was ‘shambolic’, security committee concludes

Report says ‘systemic failures’ led to collapse of trial, but found no evidence of UK government interference

Parliament’s security committee has criticised prosecutors for pulling their charges agai…

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38 days ago

MPs vote down Farage’s proposal for UK to leave ECHR – UK politics live

Lib Dems say ECHR protects ‘our elderly and most vulnerable…the very people who need it most’

Mark Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary and former national security adviser, goes next. He is now a pe…

40 days ago

Caroline Flack's assault charge 'makes no sense' and her celebrity status was 'the only explanation' former CPS prosecutor now argues as late star's mother seeks answers in new documentary ⊖⊖

Caroline Flack should not have been charged with assault, former prosecutor within the Crown Prosecution Service Nazir Afzal states in a new documentary.

43 days ago

Labour goes to war with CPS over China spying trial claiming officials warned of evidence's shortcomings almost two YEARS before it collapsed - and DPP hid failure from PM ⊖⊖

Two Downing Street officials at the heart of the affair said they warned prosecutors that evidence would stop short of calling the Communist regime an 'enemy' of Britain in December 2023.

44 days ago

‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?

As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worse

In the summer of 2018, the priv…

50 days ago

Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse ⊖⊖

Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being dropped

The director of public prosecutions has come under intense cross-party pressure to expl…

51 days ago

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