Labour comments on the Government’s new anti-SLAPP call for evidence

Steve Reed MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on the Government’s new anti-SLAPP call for evidence, said:

“These measures are too little, too late. Anti-SLAPP measures are needed now, not in three months’ time, to stop oligarchs from hiding money that funds Putin’s war machine.

“The Conservative Party has become hooked on the Kremlin’s dirty money, so it’s no surprise that they have sided with oligarchs against journalists until it was far too late.

“Putting Putin and his cronies on notice is not good enough. Labour called for urgent action as early as January, and Keir Starmer demanded an urgent change in the law – Dominic Raab needs to act on our advice now.”