Ukraine invasion: Boris Johnson to meet foreign leaders to build united front against Vladimir Putin

It comes as MPs are due to vote on the Economic Crime Bill - emergency legislation that will create a register of overseas ownership of UK property and change the system of 'unexplained wealth orders' in order to target Russian oligarchs.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will lay out amendments to the bill which are intended to lower the legal and procedural threshold for"designating" an oligarch and should allow ministers to act faster.

Labour has argued the Conservatives have given oligarchs a"get out of London free" card by not introducing a register of Mr Putin-linked property fast enough.

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