MI5 and security services are set to be given extra powers to try to prevent foreign interference in British democracy following a damning report from MPs on the potential threat posed by Russia.
It is understood Prime Minister Boris Johnson will strengthen counter-espionage laws in the wake of the bombshell study by the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC).
It has been suggested the UK could introduce a "register of foreign agents" like the ones in place in the US and Australia as part of a stronger move against foreign interference in internal affairs.
It comes as the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) savaged the government for being too slow to recognise the "urgent threat" posed by Russia to UK national security.
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