Oliver Dowden said there is a threat to the General Election from hostile actors such as Russia seeking to influence the democratic process. It comes after he told the Sunday Times he was “gravely” concerned about claims from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that it had uncovered a suspected operation encouraging support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, after monitoring five co-ordinated Facebook pages.
Claims of Russian interference in the general election campaign are "gravely concerning", the deputy prime minister has said.
The party still trails well behind Labour with just four days to go until the election.
Concerns were raised following an investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden said earlier today that Moscow allegedly use Facebook pages to grow support for Reform UK adding that "it's a classic example from the Russian playbook" and warning that Kremlin's interference in the general election is "gravely concerning". Responding to these comments, the Reform UK leader calls it a "Russian hoax" saying "how dare he" claiming that the Conservatives "have taken millions of pounds of Russian money over the last few years from their donors". .
The Reform UK leader rejected the accusation that his party is a home for racists.
A prison guard at HMP Wandsworth who is accused of having sex with an inmate on video has appeared in court for the first time. Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, has been charged with misconduct in public office following the emergence of a video online last week.
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Nigel Farage speech interrupted by banner showing smirking Vladimir Putin
The Conservatives has plumbed new depths of negativity the closer we get to July 4.
Worthy Farm has been left strewn with litter after the Glastonbury weekend, with hundreds of staff in the process of clearing up cans, cups, vapes and nitrous oxide canisters.
The MSNBC host revealed how the former president's case could be back in court quicker than anyone realizes.
After Marine Le Pen’s National Rally walloped Emmanuel Macron in the first round of voting in the French elections, there is a real chance France could be governed by a hard-Right party for the first time since the Second World War.
The court found that Trump is entitled to immunity from prosecution for "official" acts, but not "unofficial" ones, and ordered lower courts to decide which acts are which.
Femi Oluwole was removed by security guards saying they ‘didnt know’ why despite showing them his press card
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's threat of impeachment comes after the court ruled on Trump's immunity argument.
Heavyweight publications The Sunday Times, The Economist and Financial Times have all endorsed Keir Starmer's party.
In an age when dictators and authoritarian regimes are all the rage, it becomes all the more imperative for peace-loving democrats to consider ways of getting rid of them. Yet on some happy – albeit rare – occasions, the more repellent members of the dictatorial species, by dint of incompetence or arrogance, manage to do the job themselves.
Donald Trump has said repeatedly he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again. Russia’s United Nations ambassador says he can’t. When asked to respond to the claim from the presumptive Republican nominee, Vassily Nebenzia told reporters Monday that "the Ukrainian crisis cannot be solved in one day.”
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