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Evening Standard
Politics
Sophie Wingate

Joining EU’s loan for Ukraine will boost UK jobs and ties with bloc – PM

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (right) during a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) ahead of the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Armenia (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has said joining the European Union’s 90 billion euro (£78 billion) loan for Ukraine would be “very good” for UK-EU ties and for creating jobs in the UK.

The Prime Minister announced the UK’s bid to join the initiative at a gathering of European leaders in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Monday.

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