All news on the topic: David Lammy

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says he is closely watching the UK’s plan to scrap jury trials for offences carrying sentences of less than three years, a key change the New Zealand Government is also considering to help speed up court processes.

David Lammy has been accused of misrepresenting rape figures by senior barristers in a bid to fast track the abolition of some jury trials.

David Lammy has refused to rule out the prospect of Britain rejoining the EU as he admitted the union holds the potential to ’boost UK growth’.

Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates with the Reform UK leader’s response to claims against him.

Justice Secretary David Lammy is preparing major criminal-justice reforms that would reserve jury trials for only the most serious offences — including rape, murder and manslaughter — according to multiple media reports.

Artificial intelligence chatbots might be utilized to prevent the erroneous release of prisoners, a justice minister informed the House of Lords on Monday.

LBC understands that four more prisoners are still at large after being mistakenly released from jail.

A manhunt continues for two prisoners released by mistake, including a migrant sex offender, as the Justice Secretary faces pressure over the error.

David Lammy refused to confirm whether any other criminal asylum seekers have been “accidentally released from prison” - just moments before police announced that another convicted sex offender is on the loose.

Police have launched an urgent search for a second foreign prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the UK justice secretary, David Lammy, implemented stronger checks for jails.

Convicted sex offender Hadush Kebatu will be deported from the United Kingdom after police finally caught him sitting on a bench in a north London park.

Reform’s leader in Wales until 2021, Mr. Gill admitted eight counts of bribery after making statements in favor of Russia.

Nigel Farage has accused Sir Keir Starmer of inciting violence against Reform UK MPs and campaigners by accusing him of racism.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has called the ongoing conflict in Gaza "inhumane" and "utterly unjustifiable".

A Tory demand for an investigation into Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeny has been dismissed as “muckracking” by the Deputy Prime Minister.

10,000 prison officers will be provided with body armour following a series of high-profile attacks, the Justice Secretary has announced.

More than a thousand people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Friday as the Government sent a third person back to France.

David Lammy, the new Justice Secretary, fears that legalising assisted dying will put pressure on some vulnerable elderly people to end their lives.

Ms Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister, Housing Secretary, and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party on Friday following a misconduct investigation triggered by allegations of tax evasion.

The president of Israel will travel to London next week for a controversially timed trip amid outcry from Labour MPs who have urged Keir Starmer not to meet with the visiting delegation.

Britain on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 11 new individuals and entities affiliated with the Russian state, targeting those involved in what it said were Moscow’s attempts to forcibly deport and indoctrinate Ukraine’s children.

Nineteen people - including three children - were killed in the strike by Moscow, President Zelensky confirmed on Thursday.