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

Angela Rayner gave the embassy two weeks to send additional details about its plans before approval decision

Ministers have asked China to send them the unredacted designs for its proposed “super-embassy” in London or justify why some of the drawings have been blacked out.

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 before a crunch decision over whether to approve them.