Exclusive: David Taylor, husband of East Kilbride and Strathaven MP Joani Reid, arrested by counter-terror police
A former Labour adviser who is married to a Labour MP is among three men who have been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.
David Taylor, the husband of the Labour MP Joani Reid, was arrested by detectives from counter-terrorism police in London on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, and as part of a wider investigation into national security offences related to China.
Police also arrested a 68-year-old man in Powys, Wales, and a 43-year-old man in Pontyclun, Wales. The police have not identified the men, who remain in custody, but they are both understood to be former Labour advisers.
Taylor was a former special adviser to the Labour peer Peter Hain when Lord Hain was the secretary of state for Wales, and has since been a lobbyist with a company called Earthcott. He is widely connected within the Labour party and Earthcott is listed as a supporter of a Labour business group, SME4Labour.
