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The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

Boris Johnson trip to Saudi Arabia to call for oil taps to be opened

Talks with crown prince Mohammed bin Salman come just days after Saudi Arabia executed 81 people

The Independent UK

UK announces 370 new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine as oligarchs worth £100bn hit

Downing Street claimed the mammoth announcement more than doubles the number of Russian individuals sanctioned by Britain over the Ukraine-Russia war - as it effectively mimics action by the EU

Daily Mirror

Russia won’t deter us from supplying weapons to Ukraine, says Downing Street

The UK is looking to supply the Kyiv government with super-fast Starstreak missiles to boost the country’s air defences

Evening Standard

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No 10 looking at mansions and Chelsea FC hotel as options to house refugees

Downing Street said that in the first instance visa and sponsorship schemes should be used but ministers were open to all options.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson will get a £2,200 pay rise in line with other MPs

Downing Street said there is no way for Boris Johnson to turn down the pay rise given to all MPs.

The Independent UK

Downing Street set against Nicola Sturgeon's plan for Scotland to 'super sponsor' Ukraine refugees

Downing Street insisted that refugees must be matched to host families before they enter the UK after the First Minister proposed that 3,000 be given temporary accommodation before being dispersed to Scottish homes.

Daily Record

UK government may legalise using Russian oligarchs homes for Ukrainian refugees

The government is “looking at” the possibility of legislating to allow the UK homes of sanctioned Russian oligarchs to be used to house Ukrainian refugees, Downing Street has said.

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Boris Johnson not set to take in Ukraine refugee due to No10 'unique circumstances'

Downing Street said the Prime Minister would be unlikely to be able to host families fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war at his London residence due to security concerns.

Daily Mirror

Johnson promises Zelenskyy to boost sanctions against Russia

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that London would boost sanctions against Russia over the military operation in Ukraine, the Downing Street said on Wednesday.

Dynamite News

Fracking could start in Tory manifesto breach as PM reviews 'all options' in Ukraine war

Boris Johnson was elected on a pledge to keep fracking banned - but Downing Street today refused to rule out breaking it as he looks at ‘all options’ in a Ukraine-Russia energy crisis

Daily Mirror

£95m for Temple Quarter regeneration 'imminent' as talks over cash from government 'very productive'

Optimism comes one month after Bristol mayor Marvin Rees accused Downing Street of broken promises

Bristol Post

Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells UK MPs Ukraine will fight ‘in the forests, in the fields, in the streets’ – as it happened

Ukrainian president summons spirit of Winston Churchill and tells MPs his country ‘will fight to the end in the sea, in the air, whatever the costs’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer calls for investigation into Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage

UK spy agencies reframed warning about security risk of appointing media owner after Boris Johnson intervened

The Guardian - UK

Gavin Williamson, twice-sacked minister who oversaw exams fiasco, knighted

Downing Street announced that the Queen has approved the honour for the Tory MP.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

UK politics: we must ensure Putin fails, UK foreign secretary says – as it happened

Latest updates: Liz Truss says Putin must lose in Ukraine as she praises courage of Baltic states

Daily Mirror

World united against Vladimir Putin's 'abhorrent' war crimes in Ukraine

The UK regards Russia's missile strikes on the holocaust memorial at Babi Yar and residential apartment blocks as war crimes. Downing Street said other possible war crimes were occurring 'almost hourly'

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin has made a ‘colossal mistake’ on Ukraine

Downing Street was eyeing the possibility that sanctions could ultimately bring about regime change in Moscow.

Daily Mirror

No10 slaps down immigration minister who said fleeing Ukrainians could pick fruit in UK

Downing Street said it was right for Immigration Minister Kevin Foster to delete a tweet about the Russia-Ukraine war, in which he said people could apply to pick fruit or vegetables in Britain

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The Guardian - UK

Truss warns of ‘some economic hardship’ as she gives more detail of Russian sanctions – as it happened

Truss says officials ‘working through the night’ to draw up sanctions against oligarchs; Kwasi Kwarteng in Commons on economic crime bill

Wales Online

Poll says Conservative Party would lose all its Welsh MPs in General Election

Support for the party has plummeted in the wake of the Downing Street parties

The Guardian - UK

UK politics live: Boris Johnson imposes sanctions against Putin and Lavrov – as it happened

Latest updates: PM also urges leaders to take ‘immediate action’ to ban Russia from Swift payment system; sending Nato forces to Ukraine would risk leading to ‘existential’ threat, says minister

The Conversation

Partygate Revisited: why Boris Johnson’s Downing Street is starting to sound like an Evelyn Waugh novel

When allegations arose some years ago that former prime minister David Cameron had behaved obscenely with a pig’s head during a Bullingdon Club event while at the University of Oxford, he distanced himself from the controversial group, saying:

Wales Online

Leaked 12-part Partygate questionnaire includes police caution

The questionnaire has been given to Boris Johnson and around 50 Downing Street staff and politicians

The Guardian - AU

Wednesday briefing: Ukraine calls up reservists as war looms

Invasion was Putin’s plan ‘all along’, says Blinken … Downing Street insiders questioned under caution … stunning Roman mosaic found in London

Wales Online

Taxpayers didn't foot the bill for Downing Street parties, says government

The Metropolitan Police is investigating 12 events

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