Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen,including David Cameron’s statement to the Commons approximately the Paris attacksLive coverage of global developments following the Paris terrorism attacks 11.28am GMTQ: Is the domestic Office going to secure more leeway in the spending review as a result of this new focus on security?Osborne says national security was at the heart of the spending review before the Paris attacks. He had already announced that he would spend 2% of national income on defence, and that he would increase funding for the intelligence agencies. What happened on Friday just reinforced the case for these decisions. 11.23am GMTQ: What evidence is there that Islamic State (Isis, and Isil) are mounting cyber attacks? And what do they want to attack?Osborne says we know that Isis utilize the internet for propaganda purposes,and for organising account. He says they have also said they want to mount cyber attacks. They do not have that capability now, but it would be “naive” to think they will not develop it, and he says.
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Source: theguardian.com