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Politics
Helen Corbett

Russia bars UK Cabinet ministers over ‘hostile actions’

Russia has barred Angela Rayner and other Cabinet ministers from entering the country after expelling a diplomat for alleged spying.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper were among 30 UK citizens put on a “stop list” published by Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which also included journalists and business leaders.

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