47 m. ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Met police 'urgently' seeking Algerian man wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth a week ago

A manhunt is under way in London after another foreign prisoner was mistakenly released from jail.

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58 m. ago Rattled Lammy refuses to say whether prisoner has been accidentally freed from jail

Deputy prime minister lashes out during PMQs and tells shadow minister to ‘get a grip’ after repeated questions over the bungled release of Hadush Kebatu

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84 m. ago Fury at David Lammy stonewalling MPs FIVE TIMES over whether another foreign prisoner had been wrongly freed

Justice Secretary David Lammy was challenged five times whether he had information as he stood in for Keir Starmer at PMQs.

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90 m. ago Stephen Lawrence's brother hails David Lammy as first Black man to take PMQs

Stephen Lawrence's brother Stuart has hailed the historic significance of David Lammy becoming the first Black man to answer Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons today

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96 m. ago Second accidental release of prisoner ‘utterly unacceptable’, No 10 says, as Lammy blames system left by Tories – UK politics live

Lammy, standing in for Keir Starmer, avoided answering questions on the mistaken release during PMQsDavid Lammy starts by saying the PM is in Brazil.He says the thoughts of all MPs are still with the victims of the appalling attacks in Huntingdon and Peterborough, where, he says, he was at school for seven years. Continue reading...

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99 m. ago Police manhunt after another foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail

The Algerian man was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth on October 29, police said.

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1 hour ago Where's your poppy, Deputy PM? David Lammy pays Remembrance tribute as he fills in for Starmer in Commons... but has to be handed badge halfway through after forgetting to wear one

Filling in for Keir Starmer in the Commons, the Justice Secretary started the session by making a sombre Remembrance tribute.

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2 h. ago 'Urgent manhunt' for second foreign criminal as David Lammy slams prison error

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has said he is 'outraged and appalled' after it emerged a manhunt is underway following the accidental release of a second foreign criminal within weeks

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2 h. ago Police ‘urgently’ looking for prisoner freed by mistake in London

Algerian man, 24, ‘released in error’ from HMP Wandsworth two days after stronger checks for jails were brought inPolice have launched an urgent manhunt for a second foreign prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the justice secretary, David Lammy, brought in stronger checks for jails.The 24-year-old Algerian was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison in south London last Wednesday, with the Metropolitan police only informed this week. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 'Get a grip, man!' David Lammy in fiery PMQ's clash over accidental release of migrant sex offender

Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary, David Lammy, filled in for Sir Keir Starmer at fiery Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday

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2 h. ago Where's your poppy, Deputy PM? David Lammy pays Remembrance tribute as he fills in for Starmer in Commons... but has to be handed badge half

Filling in for Keir Starmer in the Commons, the Justice Secretary started the session by making a sombre Remembrance tribute.

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2 h. ago Second asylum seeker inadvertently released from jail, MPs told, after Lammy dodges questions at PMQs – UK politics live

Lammy, standing in for Keir Starmer, avoided answering questions on the mistaken release during PMQsDavid Lammy starts by saying the PM is in Brazil.He says the thoughts of all MPs are still with the victims of the appalling attacks in Huntingdon and Peterborough, where, he says, he was at school for seven years. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago David Lammy makes history as first black politician to lead PMQs

Deputy Prime Minister Lammy was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer at the weekly session in the Commons in what has been described as a 'landmark'

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3 h. ago Lammy makes history as first black politician to lead Prime Minister’s Questions

The Deputy Prime Minister was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer while the Prime Minister attends Cop30 in Brazil.

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3 h. ago Rattled Lammy cannot say whether another asylum seeker has been accidentally freed from jail

Deputy prime minister lashes out during PMQs and tells shadow minister to 'get a grip' after repeated questions over the bungled release of Hadush Kebatu

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3 h. ago Where's your poppy, DPM? David Lammy pays Remembrance tribute as he fills in for Starmer in Commons... but has to be handed symbol half

Filling in for Keir Starmer in the Commons, the Justice Secretary started the session by making a sombre Remembrance tribute.

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4 h. ago Watch live: Lammy faces PMQs grilling after Reeves hints at tax rises

Watch live as David Lammy, Britain’s deputy prime minister, faces Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (5 November).

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4 h. ago British leftwingers elated by Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York, with some saying election has lessons for Labour – UK politics live

Sadiq Khan, Zack Polanski and Zarah Sultana among figures on the left praising the mayor-elect as they look at potential blueprint for elections in UKLibby Brooks is the Guardian’s Scotland correspondent.Scotland’s finance secretary Shona Robison has called for “urgent engagement” with the UK chancellor after Rachel Reeves flagged up the prospect of tax rises yesterday.We are calling on the UK government’s autumn budget to deliver more funding for those public services, infrastructure, and cost of living support – including by abolishing the two-child limit in universal credit.Scotland has been short-changed in the past, and we must not be left as an afterthought in the UK government’s budget. Under the current arrangements Scotland has to wait and see what impact the chancellor’s decisions will have for us.Recently the chancellor admitted that Brexit has damaged the economy. Brexit has had a hugely negative impact on public spending, reducing the available investment for public ser...

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46 h. ago Taxi driver cleared of stealing David Lammy’s bags after bitter public feud

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48 h. ago Taxi driver who claimed David Lammy 'acted like a thug' amid chaotic taxi row is CLEARED of stealing the Deputy PM's luggage

Nassim Mimun, 40, was facing up to three years in prison when he went on trial at the Bonneville Criminal Court, in eastern France, on Monday.

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