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Lammy under fire for buying suit instead of ‘taking charge’ of mistaken releases

The Justice Secretary told MPs on Wednesday he ‘bought a new suit this morning because my godmother said she would be watching’.

Evening Standard

Kate Garraway hits out at Robert Jenrick for swearing on live TV

Kate Garraway told off Robert Jenrick for swearing live on Good Morning Britain as he criticised David Lammy.

The Independent UK

England prison chiefs summoned to urgent meeting with ministers over wrongful releases

Justice minister promises digital overhaul of ‘archaic’ paper system partly blamed for average of 22 people being wrongly freed each month

The Guardian - UK

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Lammy admits 'mountain to climb' on prisons crisis as 40 more inmates may be wrongly freed before Christmas

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

Evening Standard

David Lammy told to ‘get a grip’ as search continues for mistakenly freed prisoners

Robert Jenrick has expressed a lack of confidence in David Lammy and said the deputy prime minister’s performance at PMQs was a ‘disgrace’

The Independent UK

Prison governors in crisis talks as hunt continues for wrongly released inmates

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said she was furious about the situation.

Evening Standard

Prisoner manhunt continues as Lammy faces slew of questions

Police are trying to track down two inmates released in the last week from HMP Wandsworth.

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Lammy ‘not informed of key details’ when questioned about prisoner release error

The Ministry of Justice has defended David Lammy, after he failed to answer questions about the mistaken release of Brahim Kaddour-Cherif.

Evening Standard

UK police hunt for two more wrongly released prisoners days after new measures brought in

The inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years.

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Released by Mistake: Algerian Migrant Sex Offender Freed in Prison Blunder—Nationwide Manhunt Underway

UK authorities are scrambling to recapture Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, wrongly freed from HMP Wandsworth in a shocking prison blunder that's triggered outrage, political fallout, and a nationwide manhunt.

International Business Times UK

Two more prisoners on run after being released from HMP Wandsworth by mistake in fresh crisis for Labour

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

The Independent UK

Police launch double manhunt as two prisoners mistakenly released from jail

It comes after migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford on October 24.

Evening Standard

Miscounting to six costs Tory stand-in his gotcha against poppy-shock Lammy

Plucked from obscurity, James Cartlidge messed up his maths while his opposite number had forgotten his politics 101

The Guardian - UK

Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

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The Guardian - UK

David Lammy under pressure as two more prisoners mistakenly freed

Algerian sex offender and a fraudster released by Wandsworth jail, days after new checks brought in

Evening Standard

Lammy’s lack of poppy during PMQs branded a ‘disgrace’

The Deputy Prime Minister could later be seen wearing a badge about 15 minutes into the session.

Evening Standard

Police manhunt after another foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail

The Algerian man was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth on October 29, police said.

The Independent UK

Moment Lammy puts poppy on midway through PMQs

David Lammy put on a poppy midway through Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (5 November).

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Evening Standard

Fury as two prisoners wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth in a week – and police weren’t told about one for six days

Anger as Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that migrant sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was on the run, six days after his ‘release in error’

Evening Standard

'Get a grip, man!' David Lammy in fiery PMQ's clash over accidental release of migrant sex offender

Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary, David Lammy, filled in for Sir Keir Starmer at fiery Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Lammy makes history as first black politician to lead Prime Minister’s Questions

The Deputy Prime Minister was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer while the Prime Minister attends Cop30 in Brazil.

The Independent UK

David Lammy becomes first black politician to lead PMQs

He stood in for Sir Keir Starmer, who is attending Cop30 in Brazil

The Independent UK

Rattled Lammy refuses to say whether prisoner has been accidentally freed from jail - despite manhunt under way

Deputy prime minister lashes out during PMQs and tells shadow minister to ‘get a grip’ after repeated questions over the bungled release of Hadush Kebatu

The Independent UK

Watch live: Lammy faces PMQs grilling after Reeves hints at tax rises

Watch live as David Lammy, Britain’s deputy prime minister, faces Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (5 November).

The Guardian - UK

Met police issue statement with more information about missing Algerian prisoner – as it happened

Police say Brahim Kaddour-Cherif is believed to have links to Tower Hamlets and is also known to frequent the Westminster area

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