Theresa May has rejected Russian allegations that MI6 was to blame for the ‘dirty dossier’ of explosive claims about Donald Trump.

Former British spy Christopher Steele – the dossier's alleged author – has not worked for British intelligence “for years”, the Prime Minister said.

The Russian embassy in London had alleged that Mr Steele was still working for MI6 and “briefing both ways” against Mr Trump and Moscow, in a Twitter post.

It came after Mr Steele, who spied in Moscow in the 1990s, vanished in hiding shortly before the extraordinary dossier made headlines around the world.

Ms May spoke for the first time about the controversy at a press conference following talks with her New Zealand counterpart in Downing Street.

She was asked whether the UK Government had any involvement in theHeartland S5 E6: The Slippery Slope

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