Starmer attempts to defuse China spy fiasco as tempers flare

Keir Starmer has said he will publish witness statements relating to the collapsed Chinese spy case in full.

Keir Starmer is looking to defuse a fiasco surrounding the collapse of an alleged Chinese spy case in parliament in the face of ongoing questions over whether national security advisers discussed the details of the case in private meetings.

Starmer told MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday that the government would release witness statements relating to spy charges brought against former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash and the academic Christopher Berry, documents provided to the Crown Prosecution Service under the previous Conservative government and the current Labour government.

The “substantive” witness statement relating to the deputy national security