From 1h agoMinister defends relaxing some sanctions on Russian oil, saying 'time-limited' move will help family financesDan Tomlinson, a Treasury minister, defended the government’s decision to relax some sanctions on Russian oil in interviews this morning. He also insisted the move would be time-limited.On the Today programme, asked why the government was putting keeping down the cost of flights abroad above the need to support Ukraine, he replied:
double quotation markI reject the binary that you’ve offered me, there.
I think it is entirely possible, and plausible, and as in fact what the government is doing, to have one of the strongest sanction regimes in the world, to be leading the international effort to support Ukraine, and to make sure that Vladimir Putin doesn’t get what he wants from his things.
And at the same time, to take responsible choices that prioritise, rightly as we should, the domestic security, the family finances here in the UK, and the ability for important products to be available not just for holidays but for international movement of freight and goods and business activity as well.
And that’s why this time-limited change has been announced by the government.
