Overview
- At PMQs, Keir Starmer said Kemi Badenoch showed no judgment for allowing Lord Wolfson to hold a senior legal role while acting for Roman Abramovich.
- Lord Wolfson is among barristers representing Abramovich in Jersey, where authorities are probing the source of more than £5.3 billion in assets linked to him.
- Reporting says the Jersey proceedings are delaying the release of Chelsea sale proceeds the UK wants directed to Ukraine reconstruction.
- A Conservative spokesman said Wolfson is not instructed on the Chelsea matter, the Jersey case is a separate jurisdiction, and he does not sit in the shadow cabinet.
- The Conservatives said Wolfson has recused himself from advice on Russia and Ukraine, and ministers have signaled readiness to use legal routes to release the frozen funds.