UK weighs new limits on political donations as reports warn of hard-to-trace foreign interference

(Alexander Martin – The Record) The British government is preparing to tighten rules on political donations after two major reports warned that foreign interference in U.K. democracy is becoming more complex and harder to counter, spanning both financial systems and the information environment. The changes follow the publication of the Rycroft Review on foreign financial interference earlier this week and a cross-party parliamentary report on foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) released Friday. The parliamentary report warns that hostile actors are conducting sustained and increasingly sophisticated campaigns to interfere in democratic processes, exploiting divisive issues to amplify tensions and influence public debate. It describes such activity as part of a wider pattern of “hybrid threats” targeting democratic systems. – UK weighs new limits on political donations as reports warn of hard-to-trace foreign interference | The Record from Recorded Future News