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PM’s new anti-disinformation unit won’t target ‘domestic politcal dissent’, defence secretary says – UK politics live
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian Politics is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 23 Sept 2026, 07:50 UTC. 7 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “PM’s new anti-disinformation unit won’t target ‘domestic politcal dissent’, defence secretary says – UK politics live”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Farage referred to the new unit and said Burnham was setting it up ‘using the excuse that Russia wants to interfere with elections’ The former Labour minister leading the government’s review into youth unemployment has written to 100 firms to ask them to provide work placements and jobs for young…
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