On 8th July 2026, the UK enacted the National Security (State Threats) Act 2026 (the new “Act”), introducing a new power for the Home Secretary to designate bodies involved in foreign power threat activity and creating criminal offences for supporting, assisting, or obtaining a material benefit from those bodies. The new regime is intended to address a perceived gap between sanctions, terrorism legislation and the existing National Security Act 2023 framework, by targeting organisations, proxies…