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Responded to the claims. the allegation is that she was funnelling money to politicians, claiming it came from within the uk, when in fact it came from china, all in order to secure influence for the chinese communist party. former labour frontbencher barry gardiner received more than £a00,000 from her over five years. in a statement today, he said he had been liasing with m15 and he stopped receiving funding for parliamentary researchers in 2020, although miss lee s son was working in mr gardiner s office until he resigned today. this is really serious. we won t play this down, we are not running scare stories, i am genuinely concerned and shocked that this has been allowed to happen. we need to understand why, we need to do something about it, but also we have to recognise that the chinese government poses a clear and present danger to us and stop messing around. ....
Today s alert came after what i m told is a lengthy and serious investigation by m15 here, but christine lee is not being prosecuted. this isn t about spying on the traditional sense of stealing secrets, it s about influence and the judgment was that the best way of disrupting her alleged activities was by issuing this very unusual warning. inside british intelligence, concerns about chinese influence have been growing in recent years. today is a sign that those fears could go right to the heart of westminster and we are told to expect more of these warnings in the future. gordon corera, bbc news. the metropolitan police say they ll wait for the result of a civil service enquiry into parties held at downing street and that government departments during covid lockdowns before deciding whether to investigate. borisjohnson apologised yesterday for attending a drinks party in the downing street garden in may 2020, during the first lockdown, saying he thought it was work related. he remains ....
There. andrew s position regarding the regiments was plainly untenable. he has agreed, we are told he has agreed, not to use the styling of h r h any more and he will fight this case, he says he will fight it as a private citizen. for andrew this must be devastating. the last bits of superstructure, of framework around him for the past a0 years, have been taken away, have been stripped away, but his family are trying to protect the monarchy from any further as it were collateral contamination from this case. thank ou ve contamination from this case. thank you very much. contamination from this case. thank you very much, nick contamination from this case. thank you very much, nick witchell, - contamination from this case. thank you very much, nick witchell, our i you very much, nick witchell, our royal correspondent. m15 has issued a rare alert about a named individual, warning mps of a woman who s been working as an agent for the chinese state and trying to influence british politi ....
In a statement today, he said he had been liasing with mi5 and he stopped receiving funding for parliamentary researchers in 2020, although miss lee s son was working in mr gardiner s office until he resigned today. this is really serious. we won t play this down, we are not running scare stories, i am genuinely concerned and shocked that this has been allowed to happen. we need to understand why, we need to do something about it, but also we have to recognise that the chinese government poses a clear and present danger to us and stop messing around. today s alert came after what i m told is a lengthy and serious investigation by mi5 here, but christine lee is not being prosecuted. this isn t about spying on the traditional sense of stealing secrets, it s about influence and the judgment was that the best way of disrupting her alleged activities was by issuing this very unusual warning. inside british intelligence, concerns about chinese influence have been growing in recent years. ....
Number are now waiting for planned surgery or procedures in england. clearing the backlog is one thing, but here in the west midlands and elsewhere, hospital staff are struggling with daily emergencies and colleagues getting ill. this man is a doctor working locum shifts in a&e departments in the area. it has been very stressful in a&e. there were days last week when i was receiving messages, asking if i could come into workjust for a few hours. the concern that i have is how unpredictable it is with nhs staff going off sick and not knowing, from one day to the next, if there will be enough staff in the hospital, on the floor, able to look after the patients that are there. it is a challenging time for hospitals across the uk. i spoke to an a&e nurse in wales who wished to remain anonymous. we have got elderly- patients in cupboards, on trolleys, for hours on end. there are cupboards ....