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Johnson: Vladimir Putin using

barbaric tactics

VLADIMIR Putin is engaging
in "barbaric and indiscriminate"
tactics targeting civilians, Boris
Johnson has said.
The prime minister said the
Russian president had "fatally
underestimated" the willingness
of the Ukrainian people to fight -
and the resolve of the West.
Speaking during a visit to Po-
land, he also said the UK had set
aside £220m in humanitarian aid.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary
MPs to get £2,200 pay Liz Truss has said "nothing and Morawiecki in the Polish capital everything it can to support
no one is off the table" for further
sanctions.
rise next month creasingly confident" Russia's in- Warsaw, he said Mr Putin was Ukrainians, but said "we will not
Mr Johnson said he was "in-
prepared to "bomb tower blocks, fight Russian forces in Ukraine".
vasion would not succeed, adding to send missiles into tower He said the UK was not actively
MPS will get a £2,212 pay rise on the unseen work they do helping that Mr Putin "must fail" in his blocks, to kill children, as we are supporting its citizens to volun-
1 April, seeing an MP's basic salary their constituents, which dramati- aims in Ukraine. seeing in increasing numbers". teer to fight in Ukraine and ruled
go up to £84,144 a year. cally increased last year.” During a news conference with Mr Johnson said the inter- out a no-fly zone over the coun-
The 2.7% rise will come in the On 1 April 2022, employees, em- his Polish counterpart Mateusz national community must do try.
same week that millions of workers ployers and the self-employed will
see their wages hit by a National In- all pay 1.25p more in the pound for
surance increase. National Insurance.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson The changes will see an employee UK sanctions Belarus for role in Russian invasion
and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on £20,000 a year pay an extra £89
have both said MPs should not get a in tax. Someone on £50,000 will pay THE UK has targeted Be- ground. Russian troops were attacking
rise this year. £464 more. larusian army chiefs as part A close ally of Russian from Belarus's territory, Bel-
But their pay is set by an inde- of its first wave of sanctions President Vladimir Putin, ta's report said.
pendent body, which says it should MPs who have jobs as ministers against Belarus for its role in Lukashenko's administration Announcing sanctions on
be in line with other public sector get paid additional salaries includ- Russia's invasion of Ukraine. has become increasingly reli- Tuesday, the UK government
workers. ing the prime minister, who is enti- Four defence officials and ant on Russia for economic, accused Belarus of "facilitat-
Richard Lloyd, chairman of Inde- tled to an extra £79,286 this finan- two military enterprises are political and military support ing the invasion from within
pendent Parliamentary Standards cial year. included in the package. in recent years. its borders".
Authority (Ipsa), which sets sala- Downing Street is in charge of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Mr Putin backed Lukashen- The UK says it has already
ries, said"...MPs play a vital role in deciding on ministerial salaries and said Belarus leader Alexander ko after he claimed a disput- imposed sanctions on more
our democracy and this is reflected it has said a freeze for 2022/23 was Lukashenko had aided and ed election victory in 2020, than 100 people and organ-
in their pay. It is right that MPs are "only right" at a time of significant abetted Russia's invasion. sparking mass protests that isations in response to the
paid fairly for the responsibility and pressure on public services. Lukashenko has hosted Rus- almost ousted him from "fraudulent elections" and
sian forces and allowed them power. Lukashenko denied "human rights violations" in
to use Belarus as a staging Ukraine's allegations that Belarus.
UK ports 'working at pace' to

block Russian ships MP denies claims he cost Rochdale £20m

UK ports are "working at pace" Shapps announced on Tuesday that AN MP has denied a council- He claimed this was because he
to block Russian ships after the UK the UK had become the first country lor's claims that he cost his con- could not get a hold of the Con-
passed a law banning them from en- to pass a law banning ships with "any stituency £20m in Levelling Up servative MP to discuss regener-
tering port, a trade body has said. Russian connection" from entering
The UK was the first country to its ports. funds. ation projects that he may sup-
make such a move due to Russia's Tim Morris, chief executive of The allegation was made by port.
invasion of Ukraine, and the EU is trade association the UK Major Ports Rochdale councillor John Blun- "The projects submitted had
considering a ban. Group said Russian trade made up dell, whose open letter to the to be backed by the local MP," he
Russian ships are diverting, are at only about 2% to 3% of total traffic Chris Clarkson circulated on so- added.
anchor, or are being packed up, the that moves through UK ports. cial media. "Your sedentary approach to
UK Major Ports Group said. In 2021, the UK got only 6% of its Mr Blundell claimed the Hey- engaging with the council on the
UK Transport Secretary Grant crude oil imports from Russia. wood and Middleton MP had not economy may have cost your con-
engaged with the council for sev- stituency £20m."
eral years. Mr Clarkson said Mr Blundell
But Mr Clarkson rejected the had "not made any attempts to
claims, saying the council has not engage with me on the Levelling proposals so he "could have con-
been forthcoming with regenera- Up fund and has only once con- versations with constituents
tion plans. tacted my office, on another mat- about them to see if they truly
In the letter, Mr Blundell al- ter". "His claim that I have cost reflect the priorities of our com-
leged that the MP caused the the area £20m has no basis in munities".
council to miss the opportunity fact," he told the Local Democra- "Levelling Up is something
to submit an application to the cy Reporting Service. which should be done with the
government last year for Level- Mr Clarkson said he had re- community, not to the communi-
ling Up fund of up to £20m. quested details of any council ty," he said.