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Firing of chief Olly Robbins cut short a radical program to reform the once-prized Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has a “duty” to be transparent and release documents related to the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying trial, the Conservatives have said.

A high-profile spying case has collapsed after the Labour Government declined to designate China as a national security threat, the Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson confirmed.

The Good Friday Agreement was hailed as a landmark moment for securing peace in Northern Ireland. It remains under stress to this day, but some of the key players who were there at the time say it brought a lasting peace