A cabinet minister has told Sky News the national security adviser Jonathan Powell played no role in the collapse of a China spy trial. Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, gave the government's most definitive answer yet about whether Mr Powell was part of the reason the case into two men accused of spying for China was dropped weeks before they were set to go on trial. Asked on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips if she could assure him that the national security adviser played no role in the decision, Ms Phillipson said: "Yes, I can give that assurance." #skynews #uknews #government #labourparty #politics #china #usnews #unitedstates Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/starmers-national-security-adviser-played-no-role-in-collapse-of-china-spy-trial-cabinet-minister-says-13448967 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales