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MPs have been warned that China-linked agents are using LinkedIn and professional headhunters to target people working in parliament, triggering the most serious espionage alert issued to Westminster this year.

Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Lords speaker Lord McFall circulated an MI5 warning on Tuesday, informing parliamentarians that Chinese state operatives were “relentless” in their attempts to interfere in democratic processes and were actively reaching out to individuals in Westminster to gather information and cultivate long-term relationships.

According to The Times , two recruitment consultants have been approaching MPs’ staff on LinkedIn “at scale” on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS).

MI5 said the pair were fro

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