2 w. ago David Lammy forced to deny having a GUN with him during French ski trip visit as taxi row deepens

Lammy has been plunged into a humiliating row after taxi driver Nasim Mimun, 40, claimed Mr Lammy and his wife, Nicola Green, refused to pay the fare for a 360-mile journey from Italy to France.

Politics

3 w. ago Foreign Secretary says he and his wife are victims of theft but the French taxi driver says David Lammy refused to pay... so who's taking who for a ride? GUY ADAMS investigates

It emerged this week that David Lammy, our nation's diplomat-in-chief, became involved in a gloriously petty dispute with a local cabbie named Naseem Mimum on the evening of April 10.

Economics

3 w. ago French cabbie says David Lammy 'lost it' then 'acted like a thug' during row over £600 fare

Nassim Mimun, 40, said he was left feeling 'scared' during a trip delivering Mr Lammy, 52, and his 53-year-old artist wife, Nicola Green, to an Alpine ski resort.

Economics

3 w. ago Taxi driver in France charged with stealing from David Lammy and his wife

Driver allegedly stole luggage and cash from foreign secretary and Nicola Green after ride from Italy to French ski resort A taxi driver has been charged by French police with stealing luggage and cash from the UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, and his wife, Nicola Green. The driver took the couple more than 600km (370 miles) from the town of Forli in Italy to the French ski resort of Flaine, Haute-Savoie, last month. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said Lammy and his spouse were victims in the case and that the driver has been charged with theft after driving off with their luggage. It also denied that the Labour MP for Tottenham had refused to pay the driver. Whitehall sources said no sensitive material was in the pair’s holiday luggage. Prosecutors opened an investigation into a “commercial dispute” in Bonneville after the driver filed a complaint. The Bonneville prosecutor, Boris Duffau, told the BBC the taxi driver was being charged with theft. He sai...

Events

3 w. ago Taxi driver who claims he was 'assault victim' had 'intimidated David Lammy's wife with a KNIFE after demanding extra cash for taking the Foreign Secretary from Italy to French ski resort' 

A taxi driver who claimed to be the victim of an assault at the hands of British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been accused of intimidating his wife with a knife

Events

3 w. ago Foreign Office denies David Lammy refused to pay £600 fare to French taxi driver

The Foreign Office says the fare was paid in full and that Mr Lammy and his wife are named as victims in this matter.

Economics

3 w. ago David Lammy 'victim of theft' after taxi driver leaves amid £600 fare row in France

A taxi driver has been charged with theft after accusing Foreign Secretary David Lammy of not paying a journey fare before driving off with the Cabinet minister's luggage in France

Economics

3 w. ago Taxi driver says he was 'the victim of assault' when David Lammy and his wife 'refused to pay £590 fare after driving them from Italy to French ski resort'

The driver said he collected Lammy and his wife on April 10 at the town of Forli near Bologna after they had accompanied King Charles and Queen Camilla on a three-day state visit to Italy

Economics