David Cameron is to use a statement to MPs to press for tougher sanctions against Russia over its response to the Malaysia jet crash in Ukraine.
The PM wants to extend travel bans and asset freezes and will call on other EU countries to join in restricting the export of defence equipment to Moscow.
Chancellor George Osborne warned new sanctions could impact the UK's economy but not acting could be "much worse".
Ten Britons were among the 298 people killed when flight MH17 crashed.
Pro-Russia separatists, who retain control of the crash site in east Ukraine, have been blamed for downing the jet, reportedly with a missile, on 17 July.
Russia has been accused of providing the rebels with an anti-aircraft system that was allegedly used in the attack, allegations it denies.
The last of the 10 Britons who died were named over the weekend.
They included 44-year-old drilling technician Stephen Anderson, banker Andrew Hoare, 59, who died along with his Dutch wife and their two children and law firm partner John Allen, 44, and his wife and three sons.
Mr Cameron, who will address the Commons later, told Mr Putin in a phone call that the delay in allowing experts access to the crash site was "completely unacceptable and indefensible".
He has backed his Australian counterpart's calls for a new UN resolution to guarantee "unfettered access" to the crash site. The UN Security Council will vote on the proposed resolution later.
Mr Putin said in a statement on Russian television it was essential to give international experts security to conduct an investigation.
Economic sanctions?The UK is set to push for further sanctions against Russia at a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, George Osborne said further sanctions could have an impact on the UK economy, but warned "not acting in a situation like this can be very much worse".
"This is about living in a world where international borders are respected, where commercial airlines are not shot down and it is absolutely in Britain's national economic interest that that is the case," he said.
BBC political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue said Downing Street was frustrated at the lack of appetite among other EU countries for expanding existing sanctions.
Mr Cameron has made it clear he will press for more Russian individuals to be listed for travel bans and asset freezes.
But he is seeking further potential bans on companies and banks that are seen to facilitate the continuing conflict in Ukraine, said our correspondent.
The UK has already taken action on export licences for defence equipment and wants other EU states such as France to do something similar.
Other sectors such as energy could form part of the discussion though Germany, which is more dependent on gas imports from Russia, is thought to be resistant to such a move.
'World is watching'In a 30-minute phone call with Mr Putin on Sunday, Mr Cameron urged him to intervene so victims' bodies could be repatriated.
Mr Cameron had been trying to speak to Mr Putin since the Malaysia Airlines plane was brought down last week.
A No 10 spokeswoman said the conversation had been "frank", adding that Mr Cameron had called on Mr Putin to use his influence on pro-Russian separatists to allow experts to the crash site.
Mr Cameron told the president that the "world was now watching".
"The evidence suggested that pro-Russian separatists were responsible," a spokesman said Mr Cameron had told the Russian leader.
"If Russia wants to put the blame elsewhere they would need to present compelling and credible evidence," the spokesman said.
Ukraine and the pro-Russian separatists have accused each other of downing the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 which was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said there is overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of the plane.
But separatists, who have loaded at least 196 bodies on to refrigerated train trucks near the plane's crash site, to be taken to an as yet unknown destination, deny claims they are tampering with evidence.
They say the plane's "black box" flight recorders have been recovered and will be handed over to the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
Six UK air accident investigators have been sent to the region and two Metropolitan Police officers arrived on Sunday to assist with identifying and recovering the bodies of those killed.
The Foreign Office is helping to provide transport, accommodation and translators for grieving families of the 10 Britons who died wishing to travel to Kiev or Amsterdam.
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