The Government is planning to introduce tough new laws to grapple with the threat posed by hostile states such as Russia and China, including a new spy register.

Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, said ministers were looking at laws similar to those that already exist in the US and Australia as the UK grapples with the rising threat.

It comes a day after the Intelligence and Security Committee published a damning report which claimed Russian interference in British politics had become "the new normal".

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