41 h. ago Foreign Secretary urged to intervene in HSBC pensions scandal

McDougall called on Lammy to meet members of the British National (Overseas) community whose savings have been frozen by the banking giant.

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3 d. ago Bangladesh demands genocide apology for 1971 atrocities as talks with Pakistan resume after 15 years

Foreign secretary says he raised historically ‘unsettled issues’ with Pakistan

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3 d. ago Lammy says Russia must accept ‘unconditional ceasefire’ after US

The Foreign Secretary travelled to Paris for the first high-level discussions between British, French and White House officials since February.

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4 d. ago David Lammy to meet Donald Trump's envoy for talks on Ukraine as he's briefed on Vladimir Putin meetings

The Foreign Secretary will travel to Paris to meet with Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, and Steve Witkoff, who is Mr Trump's special envoy to Vladimir Putin.

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4 d. ago Lib Dems urge ministers to suspend China visit after MP blocked from Hong Kong

Sir Ed Davey has written to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, urging the Government to take steps in retaliation for Wera Hobhouse’s deportation.

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5 d. ago ‘West as we knew it no longer exists,’ warns von der Leyen – Europe live

Wide-ranging interview addresses how Trump presidency has upended certainties over EU-US relationsThe United States has removed sanctions on a close aide of the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, the state department said, adding that the punitive measures had been “inconsistent with US foreign policy interests”.Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, spoke on Tuesday with his Hungarian counterpart, the foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, and informed him of the move, state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago US removes sanctions from Antal Rogán, aide to Hungary’s Viktor Orbán

US secretary of state Marco Rubio also spoke with foreign minister about strengthening countries’ tiesThe United States has removed sanctions on a close aide of the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, the state department said, adding that the punitive measures had been “inconsistent with US foreign policy interests”.Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, spoke on Tuesday with his Hungarian counterpart, the foreign minister Péter Szijjártó, and informed him of the move, state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago David Lammy says Sudan's warring parties must 'put peace first' at major summit

The Foreign Secretary David Lammy made the remarks as he opened a summit in London on the conflict in an attempt to shine a spotlight on one of the world's worst humanitarian crises

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6 d. ago Lammy urges warring parties in Sudan to ‘put peace first’ after £120m aid boost

The Foreign Secretary told the London Sudan Conference it is ‘morally wrong’ to give up on the north-east African country.

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6 d. ago Sudan conflict ‘brutal’, says Lammy ahead of £120m aid package

Foreign Secretary Mr Lammy commented on the war in Sudan ahead of a London meeting on Tuesday to mark the conflict’s two-year anniversary.

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8 d. ago Summon Chinese ambassador after MP refused entry to Hong Kong – Davey

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said he is ‘deeply concerned’ by the refusal to allow Wera Hobhouse to visit her family in the territory.

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8 d. ago Government wants ‘full account of why’ British MP was refused entry to Hong Kong

Foreign secretary calls denial of entry for Wera Hobhouse ‘deeply concerning’ after she flew there to visit her newborn grandsonThe government is “greatly concerned” and wants “an account” of why Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse was denied entry to Hong Hong on a family visit to meet her three-month-old grandson for the first time.Hobhouse, 65, MP for Bath, said she was held at Hong Kong airport on arrival on Thursday, told she was being refused entry and put on a flight back to the UK five hours later. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Foreign Secretary David Lammy vows to challenge China over 'deeply concerning' decision to bar British MP from entering Hong Kong to visit newborn grandson

Wera Hobhouse, 65, flew to the Hong Kong, which was a British territory until 1997, on Thursday but was held back by authorities before being sent back to the UK.

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8 d. ago Lammy to raise MP’s denial of entry to Hong Kong with Chinese authorities

Wera Hobhouse was not given a reason for Hong Kong’s refusal to allow her to enter the territory, where she intended to visit her son and grandson.

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9 d. ago I disagree with Mahmoud Khalil’s politics. But the deportation decision is abhorrent | Jo

Expelling the Columbia activist for his views would leave our nation weaker and endanger all of our rightsWhen the federal immigration judge Jamee Comans ruled in favor of allowing the government to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student in the US on a legal visa, her decision was based on “foreign policy concerns” presented by US secretary of state Marco Rubio. It was so shocking that I had to reread the news report several times before I could believe it.Rubio’s claim is based on Khalil’s leadership role in the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. I didn’t agree with Khalil’s politics when he led the protests and I don’t agree today with his politics, nor even his actions during the protests. But I’m unwavering in supporting his right to his views, and his right to shout them in what, until Trump took the reins, was our free American nation.Jo-Ann Mort, who writes and reports frequently about Israel/Palestine is also author of the forthcoming book of poetry, ...

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1 week ago White House says nations are rushing to make deals with Trump before tariffs start

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterated that foreign leaders should ‘keep their cool’ over the president’s sweeping global tariffs

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2 w. ago British Government 'disappointed' at Israel as row over MPs denied entry to country deepens

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has spoken to his counterparts about the incident, and called the situation ‘unacceptable, counterproductive and deeply concerning’

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2 w. ago Lammy and Badenoch escalate row over MPs denied entry to Israel

The Foreign Secretary criticised the Tory leader for ‘cheerleading another country for detaining and deporting two British MPs’.

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2 w. ago David Lammy slams 'unacceptable' detention of two Labour MPs refused entry to Israel

The Foreign Secretary said it was 'unacceptable, counterproductive and deeply concerning' that Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were held and then deported.

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2 w. ago David Lammy says ‘deeply concerning’ two MPs refused entry to Israel

Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were detained by Israeli authorities, the Foreign Secretary said.

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2 w. ago UK foreign secretary criticises Israel for denying two Labour MPs entry

David Lammy says it is ‘unacceptable’ that the parliamentary delegation had been detained and deportedThe UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of plans to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry cited by Sky News and Politics UK. Yang, who represents Earley and Woodley in Berkshire, and Mohamed, the MP for Sheffield Central, both flew into Ben Gurion airport from Luton with their aides, according to reports. The foreign secretary, David Lammy, said in a statement on Saturday: “It is unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning that two British MPs on a parliamentary delegation to Israel have been detained and refused entry by the Israeli authorities. “I have made clear to my counterparts in the Israeli government th...

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2 w. ago David Lammy says he regrets Trump has embraced protectionism, something not seen in US ‘for nearly a century’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementAn anti-abortion campaigner at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a “buffer zone” outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic, PA Media reports. PA says:Livia Tossici-Bolt was convicted at Poole magistrates’ court of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023.The case involved the 64-year-old from Bournemouth holding a sign saying “Here to talk, if you want”.But I think our approach should be to slightly stand back and think, what does Britain want, and can it get from the rest of the world, and what can we contribute?And in that regard, it’s important to realise that the rest of the G7, except the US, collectively are the same size as the United States. And I would have thought a very sensible thing to be doing is having a serious co...

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2 w. ago David Lammy says Trump has taken US economic policy back 100 years with ‘return to protectionism’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementThe official plan to increase access to NHS dental services in England has been a “complete failure”, and some of the government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis, a damning report warns, Andrew Gregory reports.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, is at the Nato HQ in Brussels this morning, where Nato foreign ministers are meeting. Speaking to the media, he said President Trump was taking US economic policy back almost a century by embracing protectionism. He said:The United Kingdom, like France, is a great maritime nation.We are a nation that believes in open trade, and I regret the return to protectionism in the United States, something that we’ve not seen for nearly a century. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago David Lammy responds after Donald Trump claims Keir Starmer is 'very happy' with UK tariffs

The Foreign Secretary said the UK is 'very concerned'

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2 w. ago Trump claims Starmer is ‘very happy’ about tariffs imposed on Britain

UK foreign secretary regrets ‘return to protectionism’ and says Britons will be concerned about impact on financesBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the UK is “very happy” with tariffs imposed on the country as part of his shock upending of global trade, but the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, said he regretted the “return to protectionism”.Wielding a chart in the White House Rose Garden, the US president revealed on Wednesday that the UK would be hit with 10% so-called “reciprocal” tariffs as part of a sweeping drive on all countries. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Four Greenpeace activists arrested after climbing Foreign Office building

The protesters unfurled a banner as they suspended themselves from columns on the King Charles Street Archway in Westminster.

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2 w. ago Greenpeace activists climb Foreign Office building over signing of ocean treaty

The group called for faster action from Foreign Secretary David Lammy in signing the Global Ocean Treaty.

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2 w. ago Voices: No wonder Anneliese Dodds has resigned over cutting aid to the world’s poorest people – it’s the only right thing to do

Labour’s disgraceful attempt to balance the books on the backs of the poorest people in the world is shameful – but shows Dodds to be a politician of decency and principle, says former deputy foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell

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2 w. ago David Lammy says British pint ‘safe’ as MPs debate measurement legislation

The Foreign Secretary was challenged in the Commons over the future of the imperial measurement.

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2 w. ago MP welcomes Labour government’s commitment to East Kilbride during Foreign Secretary visit

David Lammy was in Scotland on Thursday to address staff at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

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