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Sir Keir Starmer has stressed the importance of standing "united with our allies and united with Nato" in the face of the Russian threat to Ukraine.

"It's also important that in the UK our political parties are united in relation to Russian aggression," Sir Keir told BBC News.

"But I do want to see the Government going further in relation to sanctions. I don't think they've used the powers they've already got in relation to what they've already done and I don't think they've looked closely enough at their own donations.

"I think any donations to the Conservative Party that have any link to Putin should be looked at very, very carefully and I want to see further sanctions put in place as soon as possible.

"We've been waiting for an economic crime bill for some time now - it needs to happen, it needs to happen fast and we'll push the Government all the way on this."

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