Latest updates: Sir Roger Gale says home secretary’s comments about application centre in Calais ‘untrue’ as Liz Truss says site is in LilleRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesLiz Truss, the foreign secretary, is taking questions in the Commons. Labour’s Diane Abbott asked if she agreed that the failure of the Home Office to have a visa application centre at Calais for Ukrainians was brining the UK into disrepute.In her reply, Truss said the Home Office has announced a pop-up application site in Lille.We are supporting those who have been coming to Calais. It is also important that we do not create choke points in Calais but encourage a smooth flow of people. In particular, I confirm that we have set up a bespoke VAC en route to Calais but away from the port because we have to prevent that surge from taking place.We are acutely aware that our decision last week to purchase a cargo of Russian crude oil to be refined into products like petrol and diesel – despite being made with security of supplies at the forefront of our thinking – was not the right one and we are sorry,” said chief executive Ben van Beurden.The business said it will immediately stop all spot purchases of Russian crude oil and will shut its service stations, aviation fuel and lubricants operations in Russia. Continue reading…
Latest updates: Sir Roger Gale says home secretary’s comments about application centre in Calais ‘untrue’ as Liz Truss says site is in Lille
Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, is taking questions in the Commons. Labour’s Diane Abbott asked if she agreed that the failure of the Home Office to have a visa application centre at Calais for Ukrainians was brining the UK into disrepute.
In her reply, Truss said the Home Office has announced a pop-up application site in Lille.
We are supporting those who have been coming to Calais. It is also important that we do not create choke points in Calais but encourage a smooth flow of people. In particular, I confirm that we have set up a bespoke VAC en route to Calais but away from the port because we have to prevent that surge from taking place.
We are acutely aware that our decision last week to purchase a cargo of Russian crude oil to be refined into products like petrol and diesel – despite being made with security of supplies at the forefront of our thinking – was not the right one and we are sorry,” said chief executive Ben van Beurden.
The business said it will immediately stop all spot purchases of Russian crude oil and will shut its service stations, aviation fuel and lubricants operations in Russia.