PM's New Anti-Disinformation Unit Gets Cross-Party Backing, as Farage Calls It an Attack on Free Speech
Nigel Farage criticized the government's new anti-disinformation unit as an attack on free speech, even as the initiative wins cross-party support.
A new UK government anti-disinformation unit has received cross-party backing, though Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has criticized the initiative as an attack on free speech, according to The Guardian's live UK politics coverage.
Farage said the unit, which he indicated is being set up with the involvement of Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, was being established "using the excuse that Russia wants to interfere with elections," suggesting he viewed the justification as a pretext rather than the unit's genuine purpose.
The report did not detail the unit's specific remit, funding, or which government department would oversee it, nor did it specify which parties beyond Farage's Reform UK have offered their backing or the extent of cross-party consensus.
Separately, the same coverage reported that Alan Milburn, commissioned by former prime minister Keir Starmer to lead a government review into worklessness, has written to 100 companies asking them to provide work placements and jobs for young people, according to the Press Association. The review reportedly identified Royal Mail, Octopus Energy, Greene King, and Lloyds Bank as among the companies already offering opportunities to school and university leavers through a scheme known as First Chance.
Further details on both developments, including any official government response to Farage's criticism, were not included in the original report.
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