Russia Today, the state-funded television station accused of acting as a platform for pro-Kremlin propaganda, will not lose its licence over the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, the broadcasting regulator has ruled.

Ofcom said it would be "inappropriate" to place "decisive weight" on actions committed by foreign governments when considering whether they were "fit and proper" owners of television channels.

The decision comes after Ofcom said in March that it was carrying out a review following the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter.

"Should the UK investigating authorities determine that there was an unlawful use of force by the Russian State against the UK, we would consider this relevant to our ongoing duty to be satisfied that RT is fit and proper," the regulator said at the time.

Ofcom's announcement followed calls by MPs for RT to be taken off air, in the wake of the attack. Tom Tugendhat, the chairman of the Commons foreign affairs select committee, called it a "hostile agent" carrying out "information warfare".