{"id":288041,"date":"2025-10-17T21:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-government-used-chinese-owned-data-centre-cummings-tells-peston-talking-politics-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T21:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:05:26","slug":"uk-government-used-chinese-owned-data-centre-cummings-tells-peston-talking-politics-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-government-used-chinese-owned-data-centre-cummings-tells-peston-talking-politics-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UK government used Chinese owned data centre, Cummings tells Peston | Talking Politics | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rvBl0kA77Vc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UK government used Chinese owned data centre, Cummings tells Peston | Talking Politics | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rvBl0kA77Vc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Dominic Cummings has disclosed in an exclusive interview with ITV News that government data has been stored on infrastructure owned and controlled by Chinese interests.<\/p>\n<p>He told the Talking Politics podcast that he had been warned about the Chinese ownership in \u201cearly 2020\u201d, shortly after becoming chief aide to the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Got a question for Tom or Robert? 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