Labour asks why Treasury unit let oligarch under sanctions bring libel case

Key Putin ally who founded Wagner mercenaries tried to subvert sanctions and silence journalist', says Pat McFadden

The Treasury is reviewing its procedures after the Russian founder of a mercenary army was given permission to circumvent sanctions to attempt to silence a British journalist.

The Treasury minister James Cartlidge said changes could be made after an outcry over the case, which the shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, called an unconscionable" decision to make it easier for Yevgeny Prigozhin to pursue an unfounded claim.