11 h. ago MPs warned over Russian attempts to target them via WhatsApp

National Cyber Security Centre revealed there had been recent ‘targeting against commercial messaging apps including Signal’

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11 h. ago MPs warned Russian hackers are trying to gain access to their WhatsApp accounts and could even seize control of messaging apps

Sir Lindsay Hoyle , the Speaker of the House of Commons, has issued a fresh security alert in response to recent targeting of messaging apps used by parliamentarians.

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12 h. ago Putin's agents 'trying to compromise UK MPs using WhatsApp tricks' warning

Russian agents are trying to trick MPs into sharing compromising information using WhatsApp and Signal scams - sparking a warning from Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle

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7 d. ago Putin directed Salisbury Novichok poisonings as 'show of Russian power', inquiry rules

Putin directed the botched assassination attempt as a show of ‘Russian power’, a judge has found

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7 d. ago Novichok poisonings, Russia’s role and UK response: key questions of inquiry

Innocent people were caught up in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March 2018. How did this happen?The novichok attack on Salisbury in south-west England in March 2018 was an extraordinary event, sending shock waves across the world. The targeted man, the former Russian agent Sergei Skripal, recovered from an audacious assassination attempt, but an innocent British citizen, Dawn Sturgess, died. An inquiry was heard in Salisbury and London last year investigating the attack on the Skripals, the response of the emergency services and other public bodies, and how Sturgess was tragically caught up in an international incident. Here are some of the key questions it examined. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Streeting under pressure to defy advisors and launch prostate cancer screening programme for all high

Charities, patients and MPs warn a failure to act now will condemn thousands more men to avoidable deaths.

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2 w. ago Spare Brits a ‘hammer blow’ fuel duty hike in Budget, MPs and industry bosses beg Rachel Reeves

RACHEL Reeves is facing a last-ditch plea to spare drivers a fuel duty hike in her tax-raising Budget. The Chancellor is weighing up scrapping the 2022 temporary 5p cut while pressing ahead with a 3p-a-mile charge for EVs. MPs and industry chiefs warn the move would pile costs on families struggling with bills. The AA...

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2 w. ago Are you listening 'free gear Keir'? Commons sleaze watchdog urges MPs to stop taking freebies warning it undermines 'trust'

Daniel Greenberg, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, urged politicians to 'constantly benchmark' their actions against how they will be viewed by the public.

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2 w. ago MPs launch inquiry amid warning of ‘generational shift’ in reading for pleasure

The Education Committee will look into the reasons for the decline in reading among children and how it can be reversed.

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2 w. ago Former Reform leader in Wales is jailed for 10 years for accepting pro

Russia is seeking to bribe Britain's MPs to undermine our democracy, police warned today as the former head of the Reform UK party in Wales was jailed for taking cash to back Putin's allies.

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves under pressure to scale back Budget raid on expensive homes

Labour MPs warn chancellor that a possible £1.5mn threshold for new levy would be too low

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3 w. ago Reeves under pressure to scale back Budget raid on expensive homes

Labour MPs warn chancellor that a possible £1.5mn threshold for the new levy would be too low

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3 w. ago Commons targeted by Chinese spooks: MI5 warns MPs and staff to be on guard after exposing two women spies

In a move that makes a 'mockery' of Labour 's attempts to cosy up to the hostile state, MI5 took the unusual step of naming two female recruiters.

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3 w. ago Plans to reform NHS have ‘chilling echoes’ of HS2 failures, MPs warn

Public accounts committee warns that ‘poor practices’ seen in the project to build the high-speed rail link are being replicated in the health service

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3 w. ago UK warns China against spying after MI5 tells MPs they are being targeted

Security minister Dan Jarvis says Beijing is trying to recruit people with access to the British government

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3 w. ago We will not tolerate ‘covert’ interference, says minister amid China spying risk

MPs, peers and parliamentary staff have been warned by MI5 over spying threats from Chinese security services.

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3 w. ago MI5 names two people in alert to MPs and peers about Chinese espionage

Spy agency says Amanda Qui and Shirly Shen have been using LinkedIn to ‘obtain non-public and insider insights’MI5 has issued an espionage alert to MPs and peers warning that two people linked to the Chinese intelligence service are actively seeking to recruit parliamentarians.The two people, who operate as headhunters on the LinkedIn professional networking website aiming to obtain “non-public and insider insights”, MI5 said, are also targeting economists, thinktank staff and civil servants for their access to politicians. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Revealed: China's LinkedIn 'spies' who targeted MPs as ministers vow to stop Beijing getting 'sensitive' access to Westminster

MI5 has issued an alert about two individuals in China trying to 'interfere with our processes and influence activity at Parliament'.

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3 w. ago MI5 issues new China espionage warning after spies pose as headhunters on LinkedIn to target MPs

Security minister Dan Jarvis said the government will not tolerate ‘covert and calculated’ attempts by China to interfere with the UK’s sovereign affairs

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3 w. ago Revealed: China's 'honeytrap' headhunters who targeted MPs as ministers vow to stop Beijing getting 'sensitive' access to Westminster

MI5 has issued an alert about two individuals in China trying to 'interfere with our processes and influence activity at Parliament'.

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