Fresh questions have been raised over Keir Starmer‘s support for Lord Mandelson after it emerged that a company accused of links to the Chinese military was his lobbying firm’s biggest client.

Global Counsel, which was founded by the peer and former New Labour minister, made more than £3.5million in 2024 and 2025 from WuXi AppTec, according to leaked documents.

The Shanghai-listed biotech firm was targeted by a bill introduced to Congress in 2024 that would have prohibited it from receiving government contacts on national security grounds.

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