The deputy prime minister is expected to blame Beijing for the hack and announce new sanctions against Chinese officials
Good morning. Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are both far away from Westminster this morning. Sunak is in Barrow-in-Furness, promoting a £200m investment in nuclear submarines, and Starmer is on Anglesey, promoting Labour’s plans for offshore wind. In London it looks as if the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, will be grabbing the headlines. He is making a statement to MPs about Chinese cyber-attacks on the UK and, as the Sun reports, he is expected to blame Beijing for a hack on the Electoral Commission’s network that meant details of 40 million voters were accessible.
Cash Boyle has details here.
Continue reading…The deputy prime minister is expected to blame Beijing for the hack and announce new sanctions against Chinese officials Good morning. Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are both far away from Westminster this morning. Sunak is in Barrow-in-Furness, promoting a £200m investment in nuclear submarines, and Starmer is on Anglesey, promoting Labour’s plans for offshore wind. In London it looks as if the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, will be grabbing the headlines. He is making a statement to MPs about Chinese cyber-attacks on the UK and, as the Sun reports, he is expected to blame Beijing for a hack on the Electoral Commission’s network that meant details of 40 million voters were accessible.Cash Boyle has details here. Continue reading…