Urgent review ordered into foreign interference in UK politics

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Housing secretary Steve Reed said the conduct of Nathan Gill, who was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for taking money to make pro-Russian statements, was a ‘stain’ on democracy

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The government has launched an independent review of foreign financial interference in UK politics, after the jailing of a former MEP for taking Russian bribes.

Urgent review ordered into foreign interference in UK politics

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