Just after midnight, the Economic Crime Bill completed its journey through the Commons and Lords. Fast-tracked through Parliament in a single day, the legislation is set to establish a new register of overseas entities requiring foreign owners of property in the UK
Boris Johnson, 57, is set to hold a COBRA meeting, a Number 10 spokesman has confirmed. The announcement comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin, 69, said Moscow would recognise two regions in east Ukraine as independent states. The Number 10 spokesman said: