The Parliamentary Intelligence & Security Cttee report on Russian actions against the UK was sent to No10 on 17/10 with the idea it should be released on 28/10, before the election, but No10 has not signed it off 1/3
I understand that the Int & Sec Cttee report includes evidence from the UK intelligence services concerning Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the 2016 Brexit referendum and 2017 General Election 2/3
The report will have to be released by Tuesday at latest before current committee is dissolved, & failure to do so because of a refusal by No10 to sign it off may be seen by many as an attempt to suppress evidence of previous Russian attempts to subvert UK polls 3/3
A Downing Street spokesman, responding to this strand, tells me "there are a number of administrative stages & processes which reports such as this have to go through ...this usually takes several weeks to accomplish", adding that the committee is well aware of this +1/2
However in his Commons statement earlier today ISC Chair Dominic Grieve said "it's already been very carefully looked at by the Cabinet Office", suggesting the intelligence agencies had already cleared it. Someone familiar with ISC work tells me 10 days enough for No10 +2/2
