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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

DARK SECRETS: Labour plans new taskforce to target contractors linked to hostile nations | Rare Historical Photos

Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper earlier this year. She will say on Monday that a new taskforce will ‘stop Britain being a safe haven for criminal money from serious organised crime, terrorism or hostile states’. Photograph: Reuters

Contractors linked to hostile foreign powers such as China will be targeted by a new security taskforce if Labour wins the next general election.

In a joint initiative from the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, and the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, the new body will aim to anticipate risks to Britain’s national security.

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