The Latest Breaking News from Kwasi Kwarteng

UK to phase out import of Russian oil by end of 2022 in further invasion sanction

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said it would give ‘more than enough time’ for businesses to adjust.

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2022

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 · Mar 8, 2022

Oil rallies as US and UK announce bans on Russian oil imports – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2022

Foreign owners of UK properties to be identified in new register

Proposal, which dates from David Cameron era, intended to tackle money laundering but has no date set to take effect

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2022

BP’s ties to Russia draw UK government ‘concern’

Oil firm holds 22% stake in Rosneft, run by Putin’s de facto deputy, and made $2.7bn profit from arrangement last year

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2022

Labour: NI rise ‘will make a bad situation for British businesses even worse’

Shadow business minister Seema Malhotra raised concerns over the level of inflation as well as ‘spiralling’ energy costs.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022

Steel campaigners demand action for £2bn industry after latest government talks

The first meeting of the Steel Council for five months took place as sector bosses and union leaders urged Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to help the industry with energy costs and cutting emissions

Daily Mirror · Feb 22, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng backs Labour's call for national resilience plan against future storms

Shadow Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said extreme weather events like the latest storms that have lashed the UK, may become a feature of the UK's climate.

Daily Mirror · Feb 21, 2022

Extreme weather may become feature of UK’s climate, minister says

Three storms have battered the nation in the past week, including Storm Eunice, which left 1.4 million households without electricity.

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2022