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David Lammy
David Lammy is the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice, and Labour MP for Tottenham.
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David Lammy’s Diary: A slave trader falls and why George Floyd must be more than a hashtag
We have to find a way to transform this righteous anger over racial injustice into meaningful reform.
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Covid-19 cannot mean the collapse of the criminal justice system
If the government does not intervene to help barristers now, there will be no one to represent victims and…
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David Lammy MP: Remembering Khadija Saye, two years on from Grenfell
Khadija Saye’s father still mourns the loss of his daughter. Speaking at the beginning of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry…
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David Lammy MP: It’s time to rethink our attitude to undocumented migrants
In the aftermath of the Windrush scandal, government ministers have repeated the same refrain: the detention and deportation of…
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David Lammy’s speech to the Commons: “Britain did not become ‘Great’ in total isolation”
“Our country’s story of renewal through Europe is a story of immigration.”
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David Lammy: Why I don’t regret calling out the far-right on Andrew Marr
It is easy to be complacent about the threat of a resurgent far right. The most bloody and grotesque…
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David Lammy: “There is no left-wing justification for Brexit”
The Tottenham MP’s contribution to the Brexit debate.
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“Only a mutually supportive nation is a socially mobile nation”: David Lammy on The End of Aspiration
“I want Britain to be the world’s great meritocracy…where advantage is based on merit not privilege; where it’s your…
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