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MPs call for unlimited fines for electoral law breaches to stem flow of 'dirty money and dodgy data'
19/01/2020
Fines seen by some donors as ‘just the cost of doing business’, says electoral watchdog.
Tories accepted £200,000 from Russians days after refusing to publish interference report
21/11/2019
The Conservative Party accepted £200,000 from the wife of a former Russian finance minister under president Putin, just days after refusing to publish a report into Russian interference in UK elections.
Farage's fundraising for Brexit Party allows foreign donors to 'break rules', warns elections watchdog
22/05/2019
‘It increases the potential for individuals or organisations to evade the permissibility rules, which primarily seek to prevent significant sums entering UK politics from overseas’. / Nigel Farage’s use of PayPal to raise huge numbers of small donations for his Brexit Party allows foreign donors to “evade the rules”, a watchdog has warned.
Twitter accounts based in Russia posted 45,000 tweets about Brexit within the space of 48 hours during last year's referendum on EU membership, an investigation commissioned by The Times has found.
Intelligence and security committee chair says dossier has facts ‘germane’ to voters.
The long-awaited Russia report today refused to rule out Moscow interfering in the EU referendum - and called for a formal assessment. But the government has dismissed the calls out of hand.
Spy Agencies And Ministers Failed To Protect Brexit Referendum From Possible Russian Interference, MPs Say
21/07/2020
Tory ministers and intelligence agencies did not do enough to investigate or protect the UK from possible Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum, MPs have said in a long-awaited report.
Seduced by money, and then isolated by Brexit, the UK has foregone its chance to lead in the response to the Ukraine crisis.
Foreign Twitter accounts have recently tried to influence the debate around Brexit, with pro-Leave tweets receiving the most support, researchers say.
Did Russia Influence Brexit? - CSIS
21/07/2021
According to the UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, the UK government does not know and—incredibly—did not try to find out.
Questions about the British government's failure to release a report on Russia's interference in the country's politics have continued to dog Prime Minister Boris Johnson as critics said leaks from the document raised concerns about the security of next month's election.
A long-awaited report on Russia's activities in the UK has concluded that the British government "took its eye off the ball" and failed to respond to Moscow's threat.
‘I do think this is rehashing a rather stale debate,’ says head of powerful foreign affairs committee – after Russia report found government ignored potential interference in 2016 vote.
The UK has imposed sanctions on banks, companies and individuals linked to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. / The government has been under pressure to do more to tackle the flow of Russian money into the UK.
Prominent global Putin critics say British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suppress a parliamentary report into Russian influence is more evidence that the British political system is rotten when it comes to cracking down on Russian oligarchs.
Russia report: UK Government ‘actively avoided looking for evidence’ of Kremlin meddling in EU referendum
21/07/2020
Ministers were today accused by Britain’s intelligence watchdog of failing to probe whether Russia sought to interfere in the EU referendum.
The long-awaited Russia report was finally released today - and warns the UK 'took its eye off the ball' of a mounting threat, failing even to look for any interference in Brexit.
Russia report says government was ‘too slow’ to react to threat of interference in Brexit referendum
21/07/2020
The Intelligence and Security Committee report said ministers did not respond adequately to threats of election and referendum tampering from Russia
Russia report: Moscow's disinformation campaign fuelling 'political extremism' and division in UK
21/07/2020
Russian accounts push views on Brexit, terror attacks and race as part of 'culture wars', expert says.
A row has broken out over the publication of an intelligence report into Russian covert actions in the UK, with critics saying Downing Street is stalling on its release until after the election.
Use of Twitter ‘bots’ and ‘trolls’ evidence of Kremlin attempts to influence vote, parliamentary report finds.
Report on Russian election meddling which was blocked by ministers 'names nine top Tory donors'
11/11/2019
The Conservatives have denied deliberately blocking the release of the report by the intelligence and security committee.
Russia's attempts to influence British democracy and the potential vulnerability of parts of the UK political system to anti-democratic meddling during the EU referendum have been detailed in a report prepared by the US Senate, The Guardian reported.
Boris Johnson 'too busy with Brexit' to read secret report on Russian interference in UK politics, Tory minister claims
05/11/2019
Senior Conservatives join calls for publication before election - amid new warning investigation could remain under wraps for six months.