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Corrupt officials and people assisting small boat gangs to face sanctions and UK ban

Government steps up crackdown on anyone involved in assisting illegal migration to UK

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025

Migrant smugglers to have assets frozen and face UK ban under new sanctions regime

The Foreign Office is set to impose the first wave of sanctions on people trafficking gangs and their enablers, such as financiers, fake passport suppliers and corrupt police officers

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

Sanctions to be introduced to target people-smuggling gangs

The first wave of sanctions to be imposed on Wednesday will target those involved in supplying small boats for Channel crossings.

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

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UK, France and 23 other nations demand Israel’s war on Gaza ‘must end now’

The countries also denounced Israel’s aid delivery model in Gaza, saying it ‘deprives Palestinians of human dignity’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 21, 2025

Israel ‘tarnishing reputation’, Lammy says as country rejects UK warnings

The Foreign Secretary said Palestinians have been subject to a ‘grotesque spectacle’ as he addressed MPs.

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

‘Skeletons marching to death’: Palestinians face hunger and gunfire as Israel pushes into central Gaza

ANALYSIS: Israel and Hamas continue to discuss a ceasefire in Qatar, but a new offensive and the continued killing of Palestinians seeking aid threatens to shatter attempts to end the violence, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

Israel depriving Gazans of ‘human dignity’, say UK and 24 other countries in call to end war now

‘The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths,’ say foreign ministers

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

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Lammy and counterparts accuse Israel of depriving Gazans of ‘human dignity’

The Foreign Secretary and other ministers urged the Israeli government to ‘immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid’.

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

UK sanctions Russian spies trying to ‘destabilise Europe’

Several of the men sanctioned on Friday are already wanted by the FBI in the United States.

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

Lammy announces exposure of 18 Russian spies after UK cyber-attacks

Foreign secretary says two agents were involved in planting spyware on a device used by poisoning victim Yulia Skripal

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025

Starmer praises German plans to ‘strengthen’ laws to tackle small boats

Speaking on a visit to an Airbus plant in Stevenage, Sir Keir welcomed German commitments to tackling people-smuggling gangs.

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza

Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UK

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025

Families of UK prisoners detained abroad urge ministers to keep promises of help

David Lammy said he hopes to appoint special envoy for British nationals detained overseas

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

Anti-corruption champion sent to UK offshore haven amid secrecy concerns

Foreign Office sending Margaret Hodge to British Virgin Islands to investigate slow progress against financial crime

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

Lammy hints at sanctions for Israeli minister over Gaza camp plans

Israel Katz has reportedly put forward plans to move 600,000 Palestinians to a so-called ‘humanitarian city’ in Rafah.

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

Demands grow for sanctions over British man detained in Dubai for 17 years

Ryan Cornelius has been detained in Dubai since 2008

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

MPs call for sanctions over British man detained in Dubai for 17 years

Ryan Cornelius was detained for 10 years in 2008 as part of a bank fraud case, and the detention was extended by 20 years in 2018.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025

Macron not expected at UN summit on two-state solution for Palestine and Israel

Absence of French president makes it less likely there will be announcement of recognition of a Palestinian state

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Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2025

UK special forces carry out secret 'kill' operation against top Isis bomb-maker in Syria

The hit was arranged to protect UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy ahead of his visit to Syria

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2025

UK lawmakers urge Foreign Secretary Lammy to recognise Palestinian state

Labour MPs demand that London act now to halt ‘erasure and annexation’ of Palestinian land before it’s too late.

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2025

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new offshoring of grand corruption

During an interview one of us (Ricardo Soares de Oliveira) carried out in 2017, an African high net-worth individual said he was told by an executive whose business had long served him out of London: “Come meet us in Dubai”. This is part of a large but still misunderstood shift.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2025

David Lammy hands taxpayer-funded Foreign Office job to Labour donor

FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy has given a taxpayer-funded position to one of his political donors.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025

UK threatens sanctions on Iran if it does not end uncertainty on nuclear plan

Foreign secretary, David Lammy, says European nations will act if there is no cooperation with nuclear inspectors

Al Jazeera · Jul 8, 2025

UK threatens further action against Israel if Gaza ceasefire proposal fails

Top British diplomat David Lammy says the US-backed aid distribution mechanism in Gaza is ‘not doing a good job’.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

UK will take more measures against Israel if no Gaza ceasefire soon – Lammy

Speaking at the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, the Foreign Secretary admitted the impact of previous measures was ‘not sufficient’.

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