Starmer faces backlash over trip to China amid claims Government was ‘tricked’

Government

Sir Keir Starmer has faced backlash over his trip to China amid claims that the Government has been “tricked” by Beijing. Conservative former security minister Tom Tugendhat raised the issue of Chinese sanctions on British parliamentarians after the Prime Minister announced that “all restrictions” had been lifted on current members. Mr Tugendhat, former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Senior Deputy Speaker Nusrat Ghani and Conservative former minister Neil O’Brien were among those