Why are pro-Palestine prisoners on hunger strike in a UK jail? The HMP Bronzefield hunger strikes have been cited as “the biggest coordinated prison hunger strike’ in the UK in almost 40 years The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025
Farage avoids police investigation over alleged electoral law breach Essex force says report is outside time limit for prosecution, while Electoral Commission says it has not found any undeclared spending The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025
Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike in prison ‘are dying’, doctor says Almost 900 health professionals have written to David Lammy, Wes Streeting, senior NHS officials and senior prison officials. Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025
Starmer facing new rebellion as dozens of Labour MPs sign letter against scrapping jury trials After the welfare rebellion before the summer, the PM has a new challenge to his authority on court reform The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025
Crown court backlog nears 80,000 in new record Data published on Thursday showed the open caseload was 79,619 at the end of September, up from 78,329 at the end of June. Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025
Labour MPs revolt over ‘madness’ of jury-scrapping plans Letter from 39 backbenchers threatens rebellion over proposal to expedite court backlog in England and Wales The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025
I want my sons to know masculinity can be kind – and my daughter to live without fear Violence against women is a national emergency. As a minister, but also as a father, I see Labour’s new strategy as a matter of the highest priority, says justice secretary David Lammy The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025
Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools Teachers to be given extra training as Keir Starmer warns ‘toxic ideas are taking hold early and going unchallenged’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025
Deportations of foreign offenders has 'skyrocketed' under Labour Government David Lammy announced that more than 2,700 foreign national offenders were deported over the past year Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025
Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers ‘may die without Lammy’s intervention’ Justice secretary criticised for refusing to meet lawyers who say health of their jailed clients is ‘rapidly deteriorating’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025
Richard Tice refuses to condemn Reform mayoral candidate’s comments about David Lammy Reform deputy leader says party’s role is to ‘challenge’ minister after Chris Parry posted on X that Lammy should ‘go home to the Caribbean’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025
Killers who target police, prison and probation officers to get whole life orders David Lammy has announced plans to toughen up punishments after former prison officer Lenny Scott was murdered in a revenge attack The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Tice declines to condemn candidate who said Lammy should ‘go home’ to Caribbean Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice was asked about Chris Parry’s post at a press conference The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Victims of sexual offences face ‘postcode lottery’ with police, says home secretary – as it happened Shabana Mahmood responds to claims that up to 50% of police officers on sexual violence and rape squads are trainees The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025 Pro-Palestine activists daub MoJ building with red paint in protest over hunger strikers Protesters say David Lammy is ignoring warnings over deteriorating health of eight hunger strikers awaiting trial
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025 Lammy demands Farage cleans racists out of Reform after vile attacks The deputy prime minister intervened after being subject to racist abuse from Reform UK politicians
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025 Lammy ‘considering wiping childhood criminal records’ to prevent harm to future job prospects The move is designed to help simplify the criminal records check system, reports claim
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025 Will Labour’s move to limit ECHR deter the far right or alienate progressive voters? Previously sceptical MPs now want to modernise human rights law to prevent an overreach of the law and losing to the far right
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025 UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’ Britain aligns with some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for change to allow Rwanda-style migration deals
Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2025 Ministers back plans to look at European human rights treaty over migration Work will begin to adopt the declaration in Moldova in May 2026 following a meeting of ministers in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2025 Six London Labour MPs break rank to back rejoining Customs Union after Brexit blow to Britain They include Dame Meg Hillier, Diane Abbott, Fleur Anderson, Marsha De Cordova, Dawn Butler and Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2025 UK: Change European human rights laws interpretation to tackle small boats Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy are leading the UK push for changes to the way the European Convention on Human Rights is interpreted.
Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2025 Starmer calls on European leaders to modernise ECHR ahead of gathering European ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, are due to meet in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday to discuss reforming the treaty.
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025 Starmer calls on Europe to reform ECHR to see off far-right threat PM says issue must be tackled to prevent voters turning to ‘the forces that seek to divide us’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025 Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders