A new row has erupted over China 's plans to build a super embassy in east London after the Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary intervened in the deeply controversial proposal. Yvette Cooper and David Lammy have both signalled their support for the scheme, despite the Metropolitan Police expressing security concerns and protests from residents.

MPs have warned of “serious alarm bells” for the UK’s security over reports senior cabinet ministers have intervened on a Chinese planning application for a huge new London embassy. Foreign secretary David Lammy,

That last quality explains Sir Olly’s imminent return to Whitehall from the private sector, as the permanent under-secretary, or top official, of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

UK intelligence services has warned against allowing China to build their new ‘super embassy’ next to critical communication cables. China has proposed to turn the former Royal Mint building in Tower Hamlets into Europe’s largest embassy.

David Chipperfield Architects’ contentious plans for a new Chinese Embassy in London seemingly have the support of the foreign and home secretaries ahead of a planning inquiry

LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Jan 9 refused to condemn President-elect Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions while insisting that the US acquiring the self-governing Danish territory is “not going to happen”.

Shamima Begum will not be returning to the UK, David Lammy said following calls from Donald Trump’s incoming counter-terrorism chief for the repatriation of British members of so-called Islamic State (IS) being held in Syrian prison camps.

Britain's top diplomat says Europe’s security “is on a knife-edge” and President-elect Donald Trump is right to say NATO member nations must increase military spending.

David Lammy and Yvette Cooper have thrown their weight behind Beijing’s bid to build a new “super-embassy” in London.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy delivers a speech at the Foreign ... migration”, the Foreign Secretary told an event in London on Thursday as he called the work of his department – the Foreign ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that former Bethnal Green schoolgirl Shamima Begum, 24, will not be allowed to challenge the decision to revoke her British citizenship

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives in ...