Health Minister Andrew Stephenson has urged MPs to ignore Nigel Farage’s myths about the proposed World Health Organisation pandemic treaty.
The Reform UK leader has accused the draft agreement of undermining the country’s sovereignty and becoming biding to international law.
The treaty is not currently acceptable to the government as MPs are still voting in Parliament whether it should be implemented.
The Foreign Office has summoned Chinese ambassador Zheng Zeguang following the arrest of three men accused of spying for Hong Kong.
Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, Matthew Trickett, and Chung Biu Yuen allegedly undertook information gathering, surveillance and acts of deception that were likely to materially assist a foreign intelligence service.
It comes as Grant Shapps revealed the MoD is commissioning the creation of six new ships to support the Royal Marines in a bid to fulfill the government pledge to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030.
He has accused the Labour Party of being a danger to UK defence. The defence secretary branded Sir Keir Starmer unserious for not committing to a spending target to match the Tories.
