A long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics will be released within the next week.
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) unanimously agreed on Thursday morning to publish the report before parliament’s summer recess begins next Wednesday.
Critics have previously accused the government of sitting on the Russia report for nine months.
It comes after a furious row over the election of Dr Julian Lewis as the committee’s new chair.
Dr Lewis has had the Conservative whip removed by Number 10 after he secured the role ahead of former Cabinet minister Chris Grayling, who Downing Street had wanted to chair the committee.
A senior government source said Dr Lewis’s punishment was for “working with Labour and other opposition MPs for his own advantage”.
Dr Lewis was surprisingly elected chair following a vote by the nine-strong committee on Wednesday.
The other eight committee members include Mr Grayling and three other Conservative MPs, two Labour MPs, one SNP MP and a Labour peer.
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