Deputy PM is under pressure to apologise to MPs for failing to say what he knew about the latest escaped prisoner bungle in last week's PMQs DAVID Lammy has been accused of demanding officials always ...

There is a peculiar type of politician who mistakes noise for authority and sees the appearance of motion to be the same as its actuality. David Lammy, now foisted on the British public as both Deputy ...

David Lammy faced mockery from Labour and Tories alike over claims that he insists civil servants call him 'Deputy Prime Minister'. Mr Lammy, whose other main job is Justice Secretary, allegedly ...

David Lammy's jails farce deepened tonight after it emerged a prisoner who was wrongly released committed a new offence while free. The unnamed 34-year-old offender was let out of jail by mistake on ...

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A fourth prisoner was mistakenly released and on the run for a week, it is understood. David Lammy, during a fiery debate over the prison releases scandal, admitted another lag may have been wrongly ...

He revealed how many of the wrongly released lags were sex offenders AT least three more prisoners are still on the run after being accidentally freed, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has admitted.

David Lammy has been urged to put “the interests of British people” ahead of human rights laws over the case of a double murderer who has been awarded compensation by the High Court over breaches of ...

Robert Jenrick issued a hilarious "apology" to David Lammy last night for an AI-generated "clown" video which has gone viral.The Shadow Justice Secretary joined Patrick Christys on GB News to discuss ...

Lisa Nandy said David Lammy is “gripping” the problem of mistaken releases from UK prisons as she rejected suggestions he had dodged scrutiny following a series of high-profile manhunts. The Culture ...

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A convicted Albanian drug dealer has been on the run for more than a year after being released from prison by mistake. He was freed in error in August 2024 after ...