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 ...

A TAXI driver cleared of stealing David Lammy’s suitcases has claimed the Deputy PM slapped him during their seven-hour cab ride row. Nassim Mimun clashed with the Justice Secretary and his wife ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 has said he did not know all the details of a prisoner's mistaken release when repeatedly asked about it. The justice secretary and deputy prime minister was heavily criticised for not ...

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 ...

David Lammy has been criticised for dodging a round of TV and radio interviews as pressure mounts over the prisoner release row. The justice secretary came under fire for refusing to confirm five ...

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 ...