Iain Duncan Smith warns ministers against allowing Chinese ‘super embassy’ to be built

Iain Duncan Smith warns ministers it would be “shockingly inept” if they allowed a Chinese “super embassy” to be built near the City of London after planning request was rejected by local council

• Sir Iain Duncan Smith warns ministers against allowing Chinese ‘super embassy’
• Tower Hamlets Council has rejected plans for a massive new embassy
• But the government has the opportunity to ‘call’ the planning request for the historic site

By Greg Heffer, Mailonline Political Correspondent