How far must UK go to fend off threat of foreign interference in its elections? | Party funding

Russia has been attempting to meddle with western democracy for years, but successive governments led by Boris Johnson and others have insisted that the UK’s electoral system can withstand its influence. That argument was recently blown apart by the conviction of former Reform politician Nathan Gill, jailed for 10 years for accepting bribes to advance…

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Tory patience wears thin as Badenoch’s critics count down to May elections | Conservatives

At an opulent speakeasy-style event at the Raffles hotel on Whitehall this week, the great and the good of what is left of the Conservative party marked the Spectator’s parliamentarian of the year awards. With the magazine’s editorial line still just about backing the Tories, despite the party facing an existential crisis from Reform UK,…

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