Sir Keir Starmer has announced witness statements submitted by the UK Goverment as part of the collapsed China spy case in full.

Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party has been pressing Labour ministers over their handling of the collapsed trial of Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry.

Both men, who deny wrongdoing, had been accused of passing secrets to China, but charges against them were dropped last month.

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Starmer said: “Last night, the Crown Prosecution Service clarified that, in their view, the decision whether to publish the witness statements of (deputy national security adviser Matt Collins) is for the Government.

“I therefore carefully considered this question this morning, and after legal advice, I hav

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