Jeremy Hunt vows to step up fight against election cyber-attacks

Foreign secretary to call for global action but say there is no proof of interference in UK

Jeremy Hunt is to promise the government will step up international efforts to prevent overseas cyber-attacks on elections, while insisting the UK has never succumbed to such outside interference.

A number of groups have called for an investigation into allegations that Russia was behind interference before the 2016 EU referendum, and for a wider examination of the role of foreign companies in the campaign.