Call for law to curb 'creeping influence' from hostile foreign powers

The government is being urged to draw up legislation to force lawyers, lobbyists, politicians and others who do work for foreign governments such as Russia to register their activities.Conservative MP Bob Seely told Sky News he is campaigning for the new law to end what he described as an "unhealthy, creeping influence" from hostile foreign powers.The security services are understood to be keen on a UK version of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in the United States.