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

China wants to turn the Royal Mint buildings, near Britain's financial centre, into its new super Embassy under controversial plans backed by two high-ranking Labour top benchers.

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.

The British foreign and interior ministers have indicated they will support China's contested plans to build a large new embassy in London if minor adjustments are made to the planning application. This is the first time that ministers under Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer have signalled they would back the plans,