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Nina Lloyd

UK pushes for lower Russian oil cap as PM denies coalition of the willing is dead

Sir Keir Starmer is pushing for the Russian oil cap to be tightened (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Talks towards tightening the Russian oil price cap are ongoing, Sir Keir Starmer said as he denied plans for a so-called “coalition of the willing” to protect Ukraine were dead.

The Prime Minister said he “strongly” believes that restrictions on the price of Russian crude oil should be strengthened to deplete the revenues Vladimir Putin uses to fund his war machine.

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