Sir Keir Starmer said the move is not just about keeping Britain safe, "but starving Putin's war machine" of money that helps fund his invasion of Ukraine.
Sir Keir Starmer's letter to Jo Boydell comes in response to a man being jailed for sexually assaulting a guest after staff gave him access to her room.
Resident doctors - formerly known as junior doctors - in England are to strike for six days in the ongoing row over pay and jobs, the British Medical Association announced.
Labour's hold on Birmingham is under threat in May's local elections. The city has suffered from the bankruptcy of its council and bin strikes that have left children navigating piles of rubbish to play outside.
The change - dubbed Suzanne's Law after Suzanne Pilley - came into force on Wednesday. The 38-year-old was murdered by David Gilroy in 2010 after she ended a relationship with him - but he has never revealed the location of her body.