Downing Street says the CPS decision to drop charges was made "entirely independently of government".

Shabana Mahmood insisted there was no ministerial interference in the collapse of the case

Downing Street says the CPS decision to drop charges was made "entirely independently of government".

Conservatives have accused Starmer’s Labour government of deliberately collapsing the espionage trial of two Britons to avoid upsetting China.

Ministers and officials did not provide statements that China was threat despite ‘many months’ of effort to obtain them

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A British spying case against two men collapsed just before going to trial because the U.K. hadn't labeled China as an "enemy" at the time of the crimes.

Prosecutor hinted at lack of backing from Downing Street but legal experts argue prosecution was still possible