Aide in Beijing spy claim held meeting with China minister before police swoop

A Labour adviser suspected of spying for Beijing held a meeting with the Government’s China minister in the Foreign Office shortly before his arrest, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. David Taylor, who is being held on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, met Seema Malhotra in her Whitehall office to help her to prepare for a speech she gave in January at his Asia House think-tank. On Saturday night, a Foreign Office source confirmed that Ms Malhotra had met Mr Taylor in her office with other Asia House representatives. But it was stressed that Ms Malhotra had requested…