Category: David Lammy

David Lammy is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham since 2000. He served in the Cabinet as Minister for Higher Education from 2009 to 2010 and as Shadow Justice Secretary from 2010 to 2011. In 2020, Lammy was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor.

Lammy has been a vocal advocate for social justice and racial equality. He has been a strong critic of the government’s response to the Windrush scandal

↪ Up to 1.2m people could lose between £4,200 and £6,300 per year from changes to Pip, Resolution Foundation says – as it happened 1 year ago
↪ Benefits crackdown ‘to save £5bn by 2030’, claims Liz Kendall as disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’ – UK politics live 1 year ago
↪ Trump’s foreign aid cuts could be ‘big strategic mistake’, says Lammy 1 year ago
↪ Jailed British-Egyptian dissident may give up both citizenships over failure to be released 2 years ago
↪ British-Egyptian dissident mulls giving up citizenship over failure to be released 2 years ago
↪ China’s top diplomat to visit UK in February for talks with David Lammy 2 years ago
↪ Family of jailed dissident urge Lammy to prioritise case as he visits Egypt 2 years ago
↪ UK government vows to do all it can to help Briton captured by Russia 2 years ago
↪ NHS was ‘within hours’ of running out of gowns during pandemic, Hancock tells Covid inquiry – as it happened 2 years ago
↪ NHS was ‘within hours’ of running out of gowns during pandemic, Hancock tells Covid inquiry – UK politics live 2 years ago