Why stamp duty is the worst of all taxes, by Tory rising star: Katie Lam tells The i Paper she would offer Andy Burnham Tory backing to make sure Angela Rayner ...
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Why stamp duty is the worst of all taxes, by Tory rising star
In an interview with The i Paper, shadow housing secretary Katie Lam, who voted Leave in 2016, rejected the prospect of Britain rejoining ... Show more
Why stamp duty is the worst of all taxes, by Tory rising star: Katie Lam tells The i Paper she would offer Andy Burnham Tory backing to make sure Angela Rayner ...
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Why stamp duty is the worst of all taxes, by Tory rising star
Exclusive: Tory MP met Reform treasurer at defection peak: The Conservative Party conference is well underway in Birmingham, with Kemi Badenoch making the first ...
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Exclusive: Tory MP met Reform treasurer at defection peak
Tories could join forces with Reform in bid to stop Burnham's Brexit U-turn: Shadow communities secretary Katie Lam tells The i Paper Brexit supportrers may have ...
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Tories could join forces with Reform in bid to stop Burnham's Brexit ...
Greens defend Zack Polanski's by-election campaign video spoken in Urdu: Tory shadow communities secretary Katie Lam branded the campaign video as ‘poisonous’
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Greens defend Zack Polanski's by-election campaign video spoken in Urdu
Opinion‘Time to cut NHS free from red tape stopping people doing their jobs’: In her latest column, MP Katie Lam shares her experiences of visiting one of the county’s ...
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‘Time to cut NHS free from red tape stopping people doing their jobs’
Opinion‘The way Labour has handled local government reorganisation is appalling’: In her latest KentOnline column, MP Katie Lam takes aim at Labour’s handling of the ...
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‘The way Labour has handled local government reorganisation is appalling’
Opinion‘The government needs to understand how the countryside works’: In her latest column, MP Katie Lam talks about how a visit to the Kent County Show left her ...
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‘The government needs to understand how the countryside works’
Opinion‘Good riddance! South East Water’s leadership was totally out of touch’: In her latest column, MP Katie Lam welcomes the resignations of South East Water’s ...
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‘Good riddance! South East Water’s leadership was totally out of touch’
Katie Lam is frequently tipped as a future leader of the Conservative party and her stance on immigration and grooming gangs have won her a large social media ... Show more
'People did not want to look at the phenomenon of groups of men, usually of Pakistani, Muslim heritage, rounding up girls who were almost all white ... Show more
Katie Lam is one of the brightest lights of the Conservative party. Tipped as a future leader, her interventions in the House on immigration and the grooming ... Show more
Opinion‘Starmer must go over Mandelson - it’s as simple as that’: In her latest column, MP Katie Lam calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
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‘Starmer must go over Mandelson - it’s as simple as that’
Key FactsEU Urges Southeast Asia to Avoid Russian Oil
Apr 28, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
  • Kaja Kallas urged Southeast Asian nations not to import Russian oil to prevent funding the Ukraine conflict.

  • The Middle East conflict has triggered widespread fuel shortages, complicating efforts to find alternative supplies.

  • Oil revenues are a primary source for Russia to finance its military actions in Ukraine.

  • The EU recently implemented stricter sanctions targeting Russia's oil trade to reduce its war funding.
  • Just let me remind you that the oil revenues are the revenues that Russia is using to fund this war (in Ukraine). We have an interest that this war stops," she told reporters after meeting with foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Brunei. "That's why we are, of course, advocating for diversifying resources and finding them elsewhere, not from Russia.— Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, after meeting with ASEAN foreign ministers in Brunei
‘People have had problems with South East Water for years - it’s an absolute shambles’
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‘People have had problems with South East Water for years - it’s an ...
MP urges council to rethink ban on pub’s free taxi service: An MP has demanded a council rethink its decision to ban a pub landlord from offering his own free ...
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MP urges council to rethink ban on pub’s free taxi service
What would Katie Lam’s defection to Reform mean for the Tories?: As with Robert Jenrick, Katie Lam defecting from the Tories to the Reform party would remove her ...
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What would Katie Lam’s defection to Reform mean for the Tories?
Opinion‘Show some common sense rather than sticking to rigid rules’: In her latest column, MP Katie Lam takes aim at a council over its handling of a pub’s fundraising ...
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‘Show some common sense rather than sticking to rigid rules’
Opinion‘I have completely lost trust in South East Water…’: In her latest column, MP Katie Lam takes aim at South East Water and its ability to do its job.
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‘I have completely lost trust in South East Water…’
‘I will mark Holocaust Memorial Day remembering my family killed by the Nazis’: MP Katie Lam uses this week’s column to remember her family who were killed ...
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‘I will mark Holocaust Memorial Day remembering my family killed by the ...
‘Pubs are the beating hearts of communities - we need to save them’: In her latest column, MP Katie Lam talks about the important part pubs play in society.
kentonline.co.uk/weald/news/pubs-are-the-beating-hearts-of-communities-we-need-to-sav-334895/
‘Pubs are the beating hearts of communities - we need to save them’
Jess Phillips criticises Tory claim that migration linked to increased risk of violence against women and girls – UK politics live
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Jess Phillips criticises Tory claim that migration linked to increased ...
‘We’ve got to trust local people and local companies to drive our growth’: In her latest KentOnline column, MP Katie Lam says the government needs to get behind ...
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‘We’ve got to trust local people and local companies to drive our growth’
‘No wonder people are starting to think: why bother?’: In her latest column, Weald of Kent MP Katie Lam takes aim at Rachel Reeves’ Budget.
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‘No wonder people are starting to think: why bother?’
‘Something is rotten in the system, if criminals can dump 30,000 tonnes of rubbish’
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‘Something is rotten in the system, if criminals can dump 30 ...
Rising star Tory MP under fire over ‘deport legal migrants’ comment: Katie Lam drew cross-party criticism after suggesting large numbers of people with legal ...
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Rising star Tory MP under fire over ‘deport legal migrants’ comment
Up pops Katie Lam to outbigot Robert Jenrick on the nastiness scale: It’s hard to keep up with everyone the Tory MP tipped as a future party leader hates
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Up pops Katie Lam to outbigot Robert Jenrick on the nastiness scale
Looking for Growth looks for a political consensus: For all its downsides, Britain’s current political and economic malaise presents opportunities for a reporter ...
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Looking for Growth looks for a political consensus
‘Lam for Leader’ website fuels speculation about challenge to Badenoch: Shadow minister mooted as potential successor to Tory leader, despite being elected for ...
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‘Lam for Leader’ website fuels speculation about challenge to Badenoch
Tories in turmoil after deportation backlash: Conservative immigration policy is in flux after a shadow minister said a ‘large number of people’ should have ...
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Tories in turmoil after deportation backlash
OpinionKatie Lam’s trans musical raises eyebrows: This month, a Sunday Times headline dubbed the 34-year-old MP for Weald of Kent, Katie Lam, the ‘Tories’ new hope’ ...
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Katie Lam’s trans musical raises eyebrows
Katie Lam’s anti-immigrant rhetoric sounds a lot like that of the 1930s: The Kent MP is espousing views that would have barred entry to her own ancestors when ...
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Katie Lam’s anti-immigrant rhetoric sounds a lot like that of the 1930s
Expelling legal migrants is a move straight from the Idi Amin playbook: Katie Lam’s plan for expulsions opens the door to curtailing the rights of us all
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Expelling legal migrants is a move straight from the Idi Amin playbook
Conservatives complain to whips about fellow MP’s comments on legally settled people
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Conservatives complain to whips about fellow MP’s comments on legally ...
OpinionIn defence of the rules-based order: The last time I saw my cousin, the former Tory MP Danny Kruger, I found myself trying to ginger him up a bit. I said ...
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In defence of the rules-based order
Conservative MP Katie Lam say 1.3 million non-British nationals are claiming Universal Credit - representing one in six of all recipients - which is costing ... Show more
Tech giants blocking some Ukraine and Gaza posts under new online rules: Tech companies are restricting debates of public interest to comply the Online Safety ...
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Tech giants blocking some Ukraine and Gaza posts under new online rules
Tory MP Katie Lam's grandmother fled Nazi Germany aged 13 and arrived in Britain unable to speak English, yet she completely assimilated into British life and ... Show more
Katie Lam (@Katie_Lam_MP): The British state won’t protect children from mass gang rape. But it will “protect” adults from hearing about it.
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Katie Lam (@Katie_Lam_MP)
Katie Lam MP: Afghans are 20 times more likely to be sex offenders. We point this out; Labour call us "outrageous". Well, it is outrageous ...
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Katie Lam MP: Afghans are 20 times more likely to be sex offenders ...
What is Labour doing to fix the grooming gangs scandal?: Yesterday the government tried to conduct a grubby betrayal of the young girls groomed and raped in ...
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What is Labour doing to fix the grooming gangs scandal?
Katie Lam MP has earned praise for her response to Labour's plan to cancel rape gang inquiries. Speaking to The Spectator's Katy Balls ... Show more