Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said China had been behind ‘all sorts of incursions in our country’.

The UK should officially designate China a national security threat, Tory frontbencher Dame Priti Patel has said, as she accused the government of “desperation” in its early dealings with Beijing. Speaking in the wake of the row over Prince Andrew’s ...

Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, stresses the importance of placing China at the top of the UK's national security risk list. Patel criticizes the UK's priority of trade over security, following a scandal involving a suspected Chinese spy and raises concerns over China's influence.

Priti Patel also attacked UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Cabinet. She has alleged the current government of prioritising trade ties with China over national security.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Priti Patel argued that China should be identified as a threat to the UK, saying, "We’re dealing with an extraordinary regime that has had incursions in our country through national security,