Lord Hermer Said to Be Blocking Proposal to Seize Russian Assets Held in UK

Ex-PM Sunak called on the government this week to seize Russian assets held in the UK. Of which there are between $28 and $30 billion…

“The chancellor has rightly continued our policy of using the interest on frozen Russian state assets to benefit Ukraine but I believe that now is the moment to go further and to actually seize those assets.