Kremlin links to Starmer arson attacks investigated

Security officials are investigating whether Russia was behind arson attacks on homes linked to Keir Starmer, according to reports.

- AMY-CLARE MARTIN

Two Ukrainians and a Romanian man have been charged over the fires at two properties, including the prime minister’s home in north London before he moved to Downing Street, and a car he sold last year.

The suspects are accused of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life over the attacks earlier this month. Now, officials are said to be probing whether the trio could have been recruited by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, senior Whitehall sources told the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Mirror.