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Keir Starmer faces a five year legal challenge over a controversial Chinese “super embassy” if it is approved.

A residents’ group has vowed to bring legal action within days and are willing to go to the Supreme Court, it has been reported.

The Government is expected to give China’s plans a green light despite widespread security concerns among the public and MPs.

The Conservatives and Reform UK told The Telegraph they would pull support for the embassy if the case was still held up in the courts and they won power.

The paper earlier this week revealed unredacted drawings showing 208 secret rooms beneath the site of the old Royal Mint in central London.

One of the sections reveals an underground chamber measuring up to 40 metres across and two to three metres deep, which will sit alongside fibre-optic cables transmitting data between the City of London and Canary Wharf.

The White House said on Tuesday that it was “deeply concerned” over the plans, with a senior Trump administration official raising fears that China could exploit the UK’s critical infrastructure.

Final approval for the building is expected next week by Housing Secretary Steve Reed ahead of a possible visist by Sir Keir to China at the end of this month.

Mark Nygate, 65, the treasurer of the Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association, said the group could file a judicial review if approved.

He said: “We want to get it in as quickly as possible.

“There have been legal opinions issued over the summer, which indicated there may be unlawful aspects to the embassy plan, and we are using that as the basis for starting the judicial review.

“We are willing to go all the way to the Supreme Court if we have the money.”