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EPA The government is to change the law to make it easier to introduce sanctions against Russian oligarchs, after criticism the UK was acting too slowly. Ministers are tabling amendments to the Economic Crime Bill which are designed to allow the UK to align with penalties imposed by allies in the EU and US. Prime

EPA UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is to seek agreement from the international community to step up support for Ukraine, in the face of continuing attacks from Russian forces. Ms Truss is due in Brussels on Friday for meetings with foreign ministers from Nato, the G7 and EU. She is expected to press for support

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roman Abramovich – the owner of Chelsea Football Club – must be among those to face UK sanctions over Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Labour leader accused Boris Johnson of being slow to target individuals

Getty Images The UK has targeted Belarusian army chiefs as part of its first wave of sanctions against Belarus for its role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Four defence officials and two military enterprises are included in the package. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko had aided and abetted Russia’s invasion. Mr

Getty Images The UK government has joined with the US and the EU to announce new sanctions against Russia’s central bank. It has banned British people and businesses from making transactions with the Russian central bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund. The move is designed to cut off Moscow’s major financial institutions from

Reuters People who are settled in the UK will be able to bring their Ukrainian immediate family members to join them, the prime minister has announced. Boris Johnson said the UK would not “turn our backs in Ukraine’s hour of need”. Speaking to a Ukrainian cathedral congregation, he said he had never seen “so clear

Reuters Boris Johnson says Ukrainians are “fighting heroically” and with “great success” in some places. Following a call with the Ukrainian president, the prime minister said things “are not going all the way of President [Vladimir] Putin”. But he said more had to be done to “change the heavy odds that Ukraine faces” from the

Reuters Cabinet ministers received what one source described as an “ominous assessment” from defence and intelligence chiefs on Thursday night about what may lie ahead for the people of Ukraine. And it has now become clearer what the fears of the Western allies are. Ukrainian resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces is – for

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Major Russian banks will be excluded from the UK financial system and oligarchs have been targeted in new sanctions announced by Boris Johnson. The prime minister told the House of Commons they were “the largest and most

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson has defended his sanctions against Russia, saying the UK is “out in front” globally when it comes to action against Vladimir Putin. He promised a “further package of military support” for Ukraine, with the assets

EPA Boris Johnson “misspoke” when he claimed Chelsea Football Club’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich faced sanctions, his spokesman has said. During a statement in the House of Commons setting out measures against Russia, Mr Johnson said Mr Abramovich was “already facing sanctions”. But Labour’s Chris Bryant later raised a point of order to ask about

Reuters The UK government has said it will sanction Russia over President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognise two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Recent legislation will be used to impose restrictions on people and organisations linked to Russia, the BBC understands. Government sources say sanctions would be “ratcheted up” in the event of a Russian

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson has refused to say whether he will resign if police found he has broken lockdown laws. The prime minister has returned his questionnaire to the Metropolitan Police who are investigating Downing Street parties. Asked in

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Evidence suggests Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. He told the BBC’s Sophie Raworth in an interview: “All the signs are that the plan has already in

PA Media Boris Johnson has returned his questionnaire about allegations of Downing Street lockdown breaches to the police, the BBC has been told. The PM was one of more than 50 people to be sent the document by the Metropolitan Police, which is looking at potential Covid rule-breaking. Mr Johnson had until 22:00 GMT on

Getty Images Visas offering foreign investors fast-track residency in the UK are being scrapped with immediate effect, the home secretary has confirmed. Priti Patel said ending Tier 1 investor visas, for those spending at least £2m, was the start of a “renewed crackdown on illicit finance and fraud”. The scheme was introduced in 2008 to