It hasn’t been the kind of month David Lammy would have imagined when he took the job. The new Lord Chancellor and justice secretary has quickly discovered why few politicians survive long in this ...
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 ...
‘Astonishingly arrogant’ David Lammy demands to be addressed as ‘Deputy PM’ sparking fury from staff
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 ...
DAVID Lammy is still facing fury for his handling of the mistaken jail release of another migrant sex offender. The Justice Secretary was hit with backlash after he insisted the migrant, who is still ...
The number of bungled releases mark the highest on record, and eight times the figure from the year before, when 11 were freed in error. It comes as pressure has ...
Nowadays people do not seem to break out of prison, they seem to be let out by mistake. Indeed, the job of justice secretary today seems to chiefly involve presiding over the farce of prisoners not ...
Sir Keir Starmer has said David Lammy "set out the facts" on mistaken prisoner releases "to the best of his knowledge" amid questions over what the justice secretary knew and when. Speaking for the ...
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David Lammy, the Deputy Prime Minister, speaks at a groundbreaking event for a new prison next to HMP Gartree in Market Harborough Credit: Jacob King/PA David Lammy has said he was “not equipped with ...
David Lammy has admitted he was not "equipped with all of the detail" on the mistaken release of a prisoner when he dodged questions at Prime Minister's Questions. The Deputy PM - who stood in for ...
Justice Secretary David Lammy has said he was “not equipped with all the detail” about a mistaken prisoner release when he appeared at PMQs, and said the Government had a “mountain to climb” in ...
Hadush Kebatu, a sex offender, was mistakenly released from prison in October. He was later found and deported. Similarly, two other prisoners were mistakenly freed not long after – Brahim ...
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