UK ministers told to drop ‘no successful examples’ of Russian interference line

New approach is first admission that Russia may have hampered UK elections

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Ministers have been told to no longer claim there have been “no successful examples” of Russian interference in UK elections.

Cabinet Office sources confirmed that the position has been quietly changed while an investigation into alleged hacking concludes.

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