MPs call for more funding to counter disinformation abroad

MPs want a funding boost for the Foreign Office to help counter disinformation (Clive Gee/PA) - (PA Archive)

MPs have urged the Government to boost funding to the Foreign Office and the BBC World Service in efforts to counter disinformation abroad.

The Foreign Affairs Committee has called for cash to be taken from the planned defence uplift to increase funding and staffing in the Hybrid Threats Directorate.