Was Keir Starmer’s leaving party the boozy birth of a new Labour force? A £10,000 bar tab was drunk, there was a ‘lot of anger’, and now ex-ministers are thinking how to cooperate in future The Guardian - UK · Jul 24
Once Branded 'Arrogant, Progressive Fool', Richard Hermer Ousted in Burnham's Starmer Clear-Out Prime Minister Andy Burnham's cabinet reshuffle sees the departure of key figures, including Attorney General Richard Hermer, reflecting a shift in political dynamics and ideological direction. International Business Times UK · Jul 20
Andy Burnham’s cabinet reshuffle: The winners and losers The prime minister has conducted a brutal purge of Starmer loyalists and made some shock appointments to key government roles. Here, The Independent looks at the main winners and losers of Andy Burnham’s reshuffle The Independent UK · Jul 20
Scottish Government issues statement as UK ministers quit X over 'abuse' THE SNP Government will remain on Elon Musk’s X platform, it has been confirmed after two UK Government departments quit the controversial website… The National (Scotland) · Jul 3
Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s office understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots The Guardian - UK · Jun 18
Court of Appeal to review 'lenient' sentences handed to 15-year-old rapists ‘I can announce that case now will go to a Court of Appeal… and that is clearly the right outcome’, Sir Keir Starmer said Evening Standard · May 26
Decision not to jail three UK boys for rape is ‘unusual’ and could be reviewed, says ex-attorney general Dominic Grieve says people are ‘perfectly entitled’ to ask Richard Hermer for review of teenagers’ sentences The Guardian - UK · May 25
UK joins EU pledge to make it easier to deport migrants in bid to curb illegal crossings Foreign ministers across Europe back narrower interpretation of human rights law The Independent UK · May 14
I’ve been writing to Jeremy Bamber for years, but suddenly the prison has stopped me. Why? Prisoners have a right to communicate with the media about their cases. Yet after 41 years in jail, Bamber has been banned, asks Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone The Guardian - UK · May 14
Lonely at the top: who are Keir Starmer’s allies as daunting May elections loom? Prime minister has shed trusted staffers but can still turn to many genuine friends in and out of government The Guardian - UK · Apr 26
Attorney general asks if Kemi Badenoch would object to Jewish public prayer Exclusive: Richard Hermer, who is Jewish, says Tory leader and shadow minister seem ‘to only have an issue with Muslim events’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 20
How the Downing Street machine ensured Starmer survived to fight another day There was a very real chance the PM would be out after losing two senior staffers but some well-organised support bought him some time The Guardian - UK · Feb 9
UN charter reminder for the attorney general Letter: Richard Hermer’s comments on Trump and Venezuela show that he seems to have forgotten what it says, writes Mark Seddon The Guardian - UK · Jan 14
UK right to weigh diplomacy before ‘calling out’ allies on international law breaches, says attorney general Exclusive: In first comments since US attack on Venezuela, Richard Hermer refrains from singling out Trump administration The Guardian - UK · Jan 9
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7 Shadow attorney general steps back on Ukraine over Abramovich link David Wolfson is part of the legal team attempting to recover some of Russian billionaire’s frozen assets
The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2025 Badenoch under fire as Tory shadow attorney general acts for Roman Abramovich Labour urges Conservative leader to reveal whether she knew David Wolfson was to represent Russian oligarch in legal case
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 Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025 China spy case collapsed due to ‘systemic failures’, not conspiracy, damning report reveals Government warned against dismissing the case as a ‘one-off’ caused by outdated espionage laws, warning parallels in new legislation must be handled carefully to prevent a similar issue happening again
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025 Handling of China spying case was ‘shambolic’, security committee concludes Report says ‘systemic failures’ led to collapse of trial, but found no evidence of UK government interference
The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025 David Lammy tells of ‘traumatic’ racial abuse in youth after Farage allegations Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates to Reform UK leader’s response to claims against him
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025 Attorney general urges Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged racism and antisemitism Exclusive: Richard Hermer, a senior Jewish minister, says Reform leader ‘clearly deeply hurt’ many people with his alleged behaviour
The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025 Defence lawyers would have used Tories’ statements to dismiss China spy case, attorney general says Richard Hermer says failure by Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly to describe China as a threat would have been seized on in trial
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025 Attorney general hits out at ‘disgraceful allegations’ made towards PM in China spy case Lord Hermer also said that he is ‘extremely concerned’ about the impact the case may have had on the public’s trust in the UK’s national security and criminal justice systems
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 MPs and peers to grill Attorney General over collapsed spying case His appearance comes in a round of hearings by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy as it investigates the collapse of the case.
Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025 Government says Attorney General was not involved in collapsed China spy case Robert Jenrick had asked why Baron Richard Hermer had not provided evidence to stop the case collapsing.