Government Accountability

MI5 Chief Warns China’s Daily Threat to UK Security Amid Spy Case Collapse

By National Security Desk | October 16, 2025

MI5 confirms China’s ongoing espionage threat to UK security while a high-profile spying prosecution collapses, exposing government failures in safeguarding national interests.

In a rare and blunt public statement, MI5 Director-General Ken McCallum confirmed that China poses a daily, relentless threat to the United Kingdom’s national security. His warnings come at a critical time, as the recent collapse of a high-profile spying case against two men accused of passing sensitive information to Beijing raises serious questions about the British government’s commitment to confronting foreign espionage. How Can Britain Protect Its Sovereignty When Prosecutions Falter? McCallum did not mince words: "Do Chinese state actors present a U.K. national security threat? The answer is of course yes they do, every day." He disclosed that...

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