Ministers ask China to explain redacted designs for London ‘super-embassy’

<p>Angela Rayner gave the embassy two weeks to send additional details about its plans before approval decision</p><p>Ministers have asked China to send them the unredacted designs for its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/02/london-council-tower-hamlets-rejects-new-chinese-embassy-amid-residents-safety-fears">proposed “super-embassy” in London</a> or justify why some of the drawings have been blacked out.</p><p>In a letter on Wednesday Angela Rayner, the housing secretary and deputy prime minister, gave the Chinese embassy two weeks to send additional details about its plans ahead of a crunch decision over whether to approve them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/06/ministers-ask-china-to-explain-redacted-designs-for-london-super-embassy">Continue reading...</a>