The business secretary has appeared to deny that China is a threat to national security, despite a parliamentary researcher being arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing.

Kemi Badenoch said: “We cannot describe China as foes, they’re our fourth-largest trading partner … our approach is the same as our allies … this is a global issue, it’s not a UK specific one.” Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn