Good morning. Boris Johnson has been chairing a gathering of the federal government’s Cobra emergency committee known as in response to the invasion of Ukraine. He was woken in a single day to be informed of the assault, and earlier than 5am this tweet went out in his identify.
Shortly afterwards Downing Avenue issued this assertion.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the early hours of this morning.
The prime minister stated he was appalled by the unfolding occasions in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president up to date the prime minister on the assaults going down, and the prime minister stated the West wouldn’t stand by as President Putin waged his marketing campaign in opposition to the Ukrainian folks.
The prime minister stated he hoped Ukraine might resist and that Ukraine and its folks have been within the ideas of everybody in the UK folks throughout this darkish time.
Johnson is predicted to handle MPs later, the place he’s possible to present particulars of the escalated “barrage” of sanctions in opposition to Russia promised earlier this week. The preliminary sanctions introduced on Tuesday have been criticised as comparatively feeble.
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Right here is the agenda for the day.
9.30am: Steve Barclary, the Cupboard Workplace minister and chief of employees to the PM, takes questions within the Commons.
10am: Sajid Javid, the well being secretary, provides proof to the general public administration and constitutional affairs committee concerning the Coronavirus Act.
After 10.30am: Boris Johnson is predicted to make a press release to MPs on Ukraine.
After 10.30am: Nadhim Zahawi, the eductation secretary, will make a press release to MPs about plans to reform post-18 schooling in England. As Sally Weale experiences, college students in England must pay again college loans over 40 years as a substitute of 30 beneath the plans.
12.30pm: Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, delivers the Mais lecture. As Phillip Inman experiences, Sunak will say he desires to chop taxes “sustainably” and downgrade the position performed by the state as an engine of development.
Starmer was as a consequence of give a speech on the financial system as we speak, however that has now been postponed. As Rowena Mason experiences, in keeping with the extracts launched prematurely, Starmer was going to say Labour will search to “reimagine the position of presidency” as a companion to the personal sector and benefit from the alternatives of Brexit,
Sooner or later Johnson can also be as a consequence of attend a digital G7 assembly.
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