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The Latest Breaking News from the Electoral Commission

UK election watchdog issues stark warning on voter ID laws

The changes to the way polls are run will pile pressure on already stretched electoral staff

The Independent UK

Voter ID could lead to ‘serious disruption’ at the next general election

The changes to the way polls are run will pile pressure on already stretched electoral staff.

The Independent UK

Healthcare technology entrepreneur ‘donates £5m to Conservatives’

Electoral Commission expected to disclose seven-figure sum donated by Frank Hester OBE in its quarterly data

The Guardian - UK

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Tories receive £5 million election war-chest boost from health entrepreneur

It is the second £5 million sum to be given to the Conservative Party by an individual this year.

The Independent UK

Harris calls for national debate about adding TDs ‘ad nauseum’

The Electoral Commission said there should be immediate commencement of research on the rules around constituencies and representation.

The Independent UK

Electoral Commission recommends 14 additional TDs in boundary shake-up

An Coimisiun Toghchain has made a series of recommendations in response to an increase in Ireland’s population.

The Independent UK

New boundaries that could decide politicians’ election fates to be revealed

The redraw has been prompted by a rise in population that means voters are underrepresented by their current intake of 160 TDs.

The Independent UK

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Yousaf: SNP is on ‘steady footing’ despite deficit rising to £800,000-plus

Accounts published by the Electoral Commission showed the party’s income and membership numbers fell in 2022.

The Independent UK

SNP deficit increases to £800k as public donations plummet due to 'cost of living'

THE SNP is in a deficit of more than £800,000, according to figures published by the Electoral Commission.

The National (Scotland)

Major £600k donation to Labour to be investigated by elections watchdog

THE UK’s election watchdog has opened a probe into a major Labour donor after a donation of almost £600,000.

The National (Scotland)

PSNI and UK voter breaches show data security should be taken more seriously

There were 9,000 breaches of personal information last year but experts say not enough is being done to stop them

The Guardian - UK

Quiz of The Week: 5 - 11 August

It’s been another dicey week for democracy. UK intelligence services say they have “found evidence” linking Russia to a cyberattack on the Electoral Commission, which jeopardised the data of up to 40 million British voters: the biggest data breach in UK history.

The Week

The Guardian view on the Electoral Commission hack: democracy needs stronger safeguards

Editorial: A culture of complacency around data security and a government obsessed with partisan games have put electoral regulation at risk

The Guardian - UK

Hacked UK voter data could be used to target disinformation, warn experts

Data from Electoral Commission breach could allow rogue actors to create AI-generated messages in effort to manipulate elections

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The Week

Russia blamed for cyberattack that exposed UK voters’ data

UK intelligence services have reportedly “found evidence” linking Russia to a cyberattack that exposed the data of up to 40 million voters.

The Independent UK

Russia among ‘usual suspects’ after elections watchdog hack, expert suggests

The details of tens of millions of voters could have been accessed by hackers who targeted the Electoral Commission, the body confirmed.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Review suggests some Tories seem to agree – mayoral selection process was a shambles

Even some senior Tories appear to agree: the selection process for their mayoral candidate was a shambles. That’s the most credible conclusion to be drawn from the decision to order an internal review into the London party, following criticism from MPs over how the contest was managed.

The Guardian - UK

Electoral Commission and PSNI data breaches: what we know so far

Russia named as likely culprit in cyber-attack on election watchdog, while police service accidentally publishes staff details

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Electoral Commission hack was ‘significant failing’, says minister

Hack comes as breach also hits Northern Ireland’s police force

The Independent UK

Russians blamed for shock cyber attack hitting millions of UK voters

Moscow-linked hackers ‘top of the suspects list by a mile’, says ex-MI6 boss

Evening Standard

Probe launched into cyber-attack on UK’s election registers

Electoral Commission apologises for breach which exposed details of millions of voters to hackers

The Guardian - UK

MPs fiddled with voter ID as electoral data security burned

Electoral Commission hack is reminder of importance of protecting democratic system where it counts

Evening Standard

UK Electoral Commission apologises to voters following two-year cyberattack

Hackers had access to voter names, addresses, and email addresses of anyone who was registered to vote in the UK between 2014 and 2022, as well as overseas voters

The Independent UK

Shock for millions of voters as details exposed in hack – which went undetected for a year

Electoral Commission apologises and admits it doesn’t know ‘what files may or may not have been accessed’

The Independent UK

Elections watchdog apologises after hack left voters’ details exposed

Electoral Commission head Shaun McNally said it would be very hard to use a cyber-attack to influence the democratic process.

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