Identifying Chinese spy with alleged links to Prince Andrew ‘matter for courts’, says minister

Sir Keir Starmer said he is “concerned” about the challenge China poses in his first comments on an alleged spy with links to Prince Andrew who has been barred from the UK. Speaking from a press conference in Norway, the prime minister said he could not comment on whether the government has discussed the situation with Buckingham Palace. He said that there is “a long-standing convention” in the UK that talks between Downing Street and the royal family are “never spoken about”. Politics Live: Could ‘H6’ be named in the Commons? However he said that “of course we are concerned…