{
  "id": 366018,
  "title": "Previous governments' dud deals with Chinese leave taxpayers on hook for up to £4billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/previous-governments-dud-deals-with-chinese-leave-taxpayers-on-hook",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-09T09:48:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16039619/Previous-governments-dud-deals-Chinese-leave-taxpayers-hook-4billion.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The money has had to be spent on the bailout of British Steel and cost of removing Chinese firms from strategic nuclear and communications deals.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}