By Sarah Young

LONDON (Reuters) -The British government expects to have full and unredacted access to China’s plans for a huge new embassy in London ahead of its decision on whether to approve the project, its housing minister said on Tuesday.

Concerns that the new embassy could be used as a base for spying have prompted some politicians in Britain and the U.S. to warn the government to block Beijing’s plans.

The government has said it expects to make a final decision by October 21 after it pushed back an August deadline, blaming Beijing for withholding detail on the blueprints.

But the timing is problematic for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government, after it was accused in recent weeks of downplaying the threat China poses to Britain’s national security by allowing a trial of two B

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