respectable morning. Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, changed into batting for the government on tv and radio this morning and he had the awkward job of tidying up policy difficulties left via his colleagues over the weekend.
First, UK immigration policy for Ukrainians fleeing the warfare and looking for refuge during this country. Downing street introduced a new approach ultimate evening, but when the home office published the details a bit later, it became out to be very minimal. Labour known as the announcement "shameful". This morning Wallace implied that this turned into just a primary step, and that extra can be done. He instructed Sky news:
the 1st step is to make certain that Ukrainians who've family right here – both settled or twin nationals – that they can come and join them.
but the second step we will look at [is] about what we do with the refugee flows throughout the board.
within the mild of the reaction to closing nighttime's announcement, and traits within the eu, the govt might also well become doing greater. but that is not what the domestic office changed into telling journalists to predict final nighttime.
second, government policy on Britons wanting to travel to Ukraine to join the combat in opposition t the Russians. the day gone by Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, was criticised for saying she would guide americans desperate to do that. This morning Wallace didn't precisely disown her, but he claimed that she was no longer advising people with out militia training to volunteer (Truss didn't make that difference in her interviews) and he spoke of her main aspect changed into that the warfare changed into a "just trigger". He also pointed out there have been stronger how you can aid Ukraine. He spoke of:
in case you're eager to help and also you're a uk citizen, come and be part of our armed forces ...
What i might say is except you're correctly trained, unless you're a, you be aware of, experienced member of [the] military, I feel there are more desirable techniques that you can make contributions to the safety of Ukraine.
i will be able to put up extra from Wallace's interviews almost immediately.
by and large these days I might be focusing on UK response to the warfare in Ukraine, however i will even be overlaying some non-Ukraine politics too. here is the agenda for the day.
11.30am: Downing street holds a lobby briefing.
2.30pm: Priti Patel, the domestic secretary, takes questions in the Commons.
After three.30pm: MPs debate the Lords amendments to the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill.
4pm: Neil O'Brien, the levelling up minister, and Andy Haldane, the former financial institution of England economist who's head of the levelling up taskforce, give facts to the Commons levelling up committee about the levelling up white paper.
For full insurance of the struggle in Ukraine, and a world viewpoint, do study our separate reside blog. It's right here.
linked: Russia-Ukraine war latest information: negotiators to satisfy for talks; rouble crashes as markets open – reside updates
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