UNCOVERED: 4 | History Defined

Foreign Office chief to visit China after collapse of high-profile espionage case

Exclusive: Oliver Robbins to visit China next week on ‘long-planned’ government business after collapse of trial of two men over spying charges

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025

Friday briefing: How a historic case accusing two men of spying for China dramatically fell apart

In today’s newsletter: For weeks, the precise reason the trial broke down remained opaque. Then, prosecutors said the government wouldn’t hand over the evidence

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025

Starmer’s team had access to ‘multiple’ papers showing China threat – Philp

The shadow home secretary claimed the Government could have handed the papers over to prosecutors, but they ‘chose not to’.

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025

Legal experts question reasoning behind CPS dropping China ‘spies’ case

Ex-DPP Ken Macdonald says prosecutors may have been ‘over-fussy’ in seeking further assurances from government

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025

China spy case: Key questions answered after collapse blamed on Government

The trial was due to start this month, but charges against a former parliamentary researcher and another man were dropped in September.

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

China spy case collapse blamed on UK government's failure to brand Beijing a threat

Stephen Parkinson, the UK's head of public prosecutions, explained why the charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry were dropped.

Euronews · Oct 8, 2025

Starmer ‘needs to explain himself to Parliament’ over China spy case – Tories

The director of public prosecutions said the Government had not provided the evidence needed to proceed with the case.

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

Spy case collapsed 'due to Labour's failure to label China a security threat'

A Chinese spying trial collapsed because the UK Government failed to provide evidence that China was a national security threat, a top prosecutor…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 8, 2025

Starmer faces further pressure to ‘come clean’ over China ‘spy’ case

The director of public prosecutions said the Government had not provided the evidence needed to proceed with the case.

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025

China spy trial collapsed after Government refused to label Beijing a threat, says CPS

The case against two alleged spies dropped because ministers refused to call China a national security threat, says chief prosecutor

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025