Cross-party MPs support misinformation unit; Streeting defends safeguards
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Labour's Emily Thornberry, Conservative John Whittingdale, and Lib Dem Richard Foord backed the initiative. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting insisted the unit would not be used to police domestic political dissent and defended Britain's freedoms.
“One of the great things about Britain, and one of the things that I have a responsibility to defend, is the freedom and democracy that we all enjoy.”
Wes Streeting
Andy Burnham Prime Minister
Nigel Farage Reform UK leader
Wes Streeting Defence Secretary
Emily Thornberry Labour MP, foreign affairs select committee chair
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