Despite pressure from inside her cabinet and international allies, the UK press is reporting Theresa May will allow Chinese tech firm Huawei to assist in the 5G roll-out.

This means the company will be free to be involved in the Isle of Man’s planned 5G roll-out, due to be carried out by Sure and Manx Telecom.

Mrs May had come under pressure from cabinet members such as Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson who had expressed ’grave concerns’ over plans to use the company, which has been banned by America, Australia and New Zealand.

In February the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned: ’If a country adopts this [Huawei] and puts it in some of their critical information systems, we won’t be able to share information with them, we won’t be able to work alongside them.’

The Daily Telegraph reported the Chinese firm would be allowed only to provide assistance to what it called ’non-core’ elements of the roll-out.

A Whitehall leak inquiry is under way after details emerged of a National Security Council (NSC) meeting at which Mrs May was said to have given the green light for the Chinese tech giant to help build ’non-core’ parts of the UK’s 5G communications network.

On January 8, the Isle of Man Examiner reported concerns about Huawei on the front page. The firm is the world’s largest producer of electronic goods.