Britain has a record of consistently having hit the NATO minimum of spending 2% of GDP on defence. More than that, when there is a crisis—such as Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea or Iran’s attack on Israel—we are almost always the first country to commit its forces alongside America’s to deal with the threat.

Europe should move from freezing Russian assets to seizing them, British foreign minister David Lammy said on Tuesday, hardening Britain's position on how the West should use bonds and other securities frozen since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Frozen Russian assets cannot be confiscated, as this is contrary to international law. He stated this at a meeting with US President Donald Trump in In Washington, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

British foreign minister, David Lammy says Europe should move from freezing Russian assets to seizing them. Lammy stated this on Tuesday, hardening Britain’s position on how the West should use bonds and other securities frozen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Estonia has launched a new push to get fellow EU members to agree to seize frozen Russian assets and use them to help Ukraine, dismissing a Russian idea on how the money could be used as part of a peace deal.

Europe must shift from freezing Russian assets to seizing them. This issue is being discussed, and action needs to be taken quickly, Reuters reports, citing UK Foreign Minister David Lammy. "It's not an issue on which any government can act alone.