borisjohnson is urging world leaders to match words with deeds on ukraine as he prepares to host talks with the canadian and dutch prime ministers in downing street tomorrow. meanwhile the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate claims that borisjohnson personally intervened in the process of granting a peerage to the russian newspaper owner, lord lebedev after british intelligence warned it would pose a risk to national security. the governemtn said the rules had been applied rigorously . here s our political correspondent, helen catt: this is just one very visible way economic pressure is being applied to vladimir putin s regime. a multi million pound yacht belonging to a russian oligarch, seized in italy. the uk government has been criticised for lagging behind. it s now changing the law to speed up sanctions on individuals.
labour will back it in a vote tomorrow, but wants ministers to reduce how long overseas owners have to register their assets. the government initially said, well, we ll give people 18 months to register. the government s retreated because of our arguments and said, well, six months. but six months is still more than enough time to sell property here in the united kingdom. so, tomorrow, we want to push them further to say reduce that down to 28 days, make it a really effective sanction so that we can put maximum pressure on russia. borisjohnson will host the prime ministers of canada and the netherlands in downing street tomorrow to discuss further international action to support ukraine and isolate russia. but this morning, there are questions about his role in the admittance of a russian born newspaper owner to the house of lords. the sunday times claims that, in 2020, british intelligence assessed that giving a peerage to evgeny lebedev posed a national security risk. the paper s
borisjohnson is urging world leaders to match words with deeds on ukraine as he prepares to host talks with the canadian and dutch prime ministers in downing street tomorrow. meanwhile the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate claims that borisjohnson personally intervened in the process of granting a peerage to the russian newspaper owner, lord lebedev after british intelligence warned it would pose a risk to national security. the governemtn said the rules had been applied rigorously . here s our political correspondent, helen catt: this is just one very visible way economic pressure is being applied to vladimir putin s regime. a multi million pound yacht belonging to a russian oligarch, seized in italy. the uk government has been criticised for lagging behind. it s now changing the law to speed up sanctions on individuals. labour will back it in a vote tomorrow, but wants ministers to reduce how long overseas owners have to regis
was also come with fewer farming, but right before our interview, the new shelling is have begun. a little bit stressed but i am used to it. thank you very much indeed for sharing with us what is going on. we wish you and everyone there, and your family of course, the very best. we hope you managed to stay safe as possible. borisjohnson is urging world leaders to match words with deeds on ukraine as he prepares to host talks with the canadian and dutch prime ministers in downing street tomorrow. meanwhile the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate claims that borisjohnson personally intervened in the process of granting a peerage to the russian newspaper owner, lord lebedev, after british intelligence warned it would pose a risk to national security. the governemtn said the rules had been applied rigorously .
sir keir starmer, has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate claims that borisjohnson personally intervened in the process of granting a peerage to the russian newspaper owner, lord lebedev, after british intelligence warned it would pose a risk to national security. the governemtn said the rules had been applied rigorously . here s our political correspondent, helen catt: this is just one very visible way economic pressure is being applied to vladimir putin s regime. a multi million pound yacht belonging to a russian oligarch, seized in italy. the uk government has been criticised for lagging behind. it s now changing the law to speed up sanctions on individuals. labour will back it in a vote tomorrow, but wants ministers to reduce how long overseas owners have to register their assets. the government initially said, well, we ll give people 18 months to register. the government s retreated because of our arguments and said, well, six months. but six months is still m