Sanctioned parliamentarians warn Starmer against deal with China

The Chinese foreign ministry said the Prime Minister’s talks with president Xi Jinping had resulted in an agreement to “resume normal exchanges” between parliaments in Beijing and Westminster. But the MPs and peers, including former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, said lifting restrictions on them should not be used as part of a deal to ease sanctions on Chinese politicians involved in human rights abuses in Xinjiang province. The Chinese foreign ministry said: “The two sides agreed in principle to resume normal exchanges between the legislatures of the two countries. “China welcomes British parliamentarians who have the willingness to…