In a highly unusual move, London and Washington publicly identified China as the source of a wave of cyber attacks directed both at politicians and institutions.
The calls came after Britain and the US revealed the scale of Beijing's efforts to subvert Western democracy.
Beijing denied claims it had carried out, supported or encouraged cyber attacks on the UK, describing them as 'completely fabricated and malicious slanders'. Sir Iain Duncan Smith, one of 43 British MPs and peers targeted by China, last night savaged the UK response, likening it to 'an elephant giving birth to a mouse'.
He warned it was time to formally designate China as a 'threat' to Britain, rather than its current status as an 'epoch-defining challenge'. Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick said: 'The Government clearly is not holding China to account for their attack on our democracy. 'Taking three years to sanction two individuals and a small company is derisory. This feeble response will only embolden China to continue its aggression towards the UK.'
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