Three political advisers have been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of spying for China, the Metropolitan Police said.
David Taylor, 39, married to East Kilbride and Strathaven MP Joani Reid, along with Matthew Aplin, 43, and Steve Jones, 68, are accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service.
Jones is a former Welsh Government special adviser and Aplin is a former Labour press officer. They were arrested by counter-terrorism officers at addresses in London and Wales on Wednesday.
Following Taylor’s arrest, Reid said in a statement that she was “not part of” her husband’s business activities and she had never seen anything to make her suspect he had “broken any law”.
