https://www.scmp.com/rss/521842/feed The latest news and top stories on David Lammy. A seasoned politician and barrister, he has served as the Member of Parliament for Tottenham since 2000. Prior to his current role, he held various ministerial positions in Labour governments and was Shadow Foreign Secretary. Known for his advocacy on social justice, equality and human rights, he championed the Windrush campaign and justice for Grenfell families. His responsibilities as Foreign Secretary include foreign policy and national... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to resign after more than 80 lawmakers in his Labour Party said he was not the right person to lead the country and win the ⁠next national election. He has vowed to stay on as no formal ⁠leadership challenge has yet been triggered. If Labour were to choose a new leader, here is ⁠a list of those in the frame to replace Starmer: Wes Streeting, 43 Streeting has served as health and social care minister since Labour came to power in July 2024 – a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3353408/who-could-replace-starmer-uk-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3353408/who-could-replace-starmer-uk-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 May 2026 07:46:53 +0000 dpa dpa Argentina has called for talks with the UK over the Falkland Islands after reports the US could review its position on the South Atlantic territory in retaliation for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s lack of support for the war in Iran. Downing Street had earlier insisted the sovereignty of the Falklands was “not in question”. That came after a leaked internal Pentagon email set out options for President Donald Trump’s administration to punish Nato allies for refusing to join the US-Israeli strikes... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351428/argentina-renews-call-uk-talks-over-falklands-us-confirms-neutrality?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351428/argentina-renews-call-uk-talks-over-falklands-us-confirms-neutrality?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:26:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters A former top ⁠foreign ministry official said on Tuesday he had faced “constant pressure” from UK Prime Minister Keir ⁠Starmer’s office to speed up the appointment of his pick as the ambassador to the US, deepening a row that threatens the British leader. A war of words over who should ultimately take the blame for appointing Labour veteran Peter Mandelson to Britain’s highest diplomatic post despite his history and known ties to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has piled pressure on Starmer,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350900/ex-uk-official-says-he-felt-pressure-over-mandelson-pms-office?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350900/ex-uk-official-says-he-felt-pressure-over-mandelson-pms-office?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:13:02 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledged on Monday that he made the wrong judgement when he picked Jeffrey Epstein’s friend Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington, batting away a barrage of calls to resign over a scandal that has left his leadership teetering. Starmer said he would have withdrawn the appointment if he had known Mandelson had failed security checks, as he tried to explain why Mandelson was given the UK’s most important diplomatic post. Starmer placed blame... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350783/starmer-admits-mistake-appointing-mandelson-us-envoy-resists-calls-resign?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350783/starmer-admits-mistake-appointing-mandelson-us-envoy-resists-calls-resign?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:46:21 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Senior Cabinet ministers on Sunday rallied around UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is teetering over his decision to give Britain’s most important diplomatic job to Peter Mandelson, a scandal-tarnished politician and friend of Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer will face restive lawmakers in Parliament on Monday to fight for his job after the explosive revelation that Mandelson was appointed ambassador to the United States despite failing security checks. Starmer says he is “furious” that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350654/allies-back-starmer-mandelsons-epstein-links-leave-uk-leader-fighting-his-job?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350654/allies-back-starmer-mandelsons-epstein-links-leave-uk-leader-fighting-his-job?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:34:54 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump shared a video on his Truth Social network on Sunday of a television comedy skit portraying a terrified British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hoping to dodge a phone call with the American leader. The skit, broadcast on the premiere of the new British version of Saturday Night Live – adapted from the long-running US show – shows Starmer, played by George Fouracres, panicking inside 10 Downing Street at the prospect of a call with Trump. Starmer turns to a fake David... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347512/trump-reposts-saturday-night-live-video-mocking-starmer-truth-social?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347512/trump-reposts-saturday-night-live-video-mocking-starmer-truth-social?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:19:48 +0000 dpa dpa More United States bombers have landed in Britain after a week of strikes on Iran by the US and Israel. A first 146ft B-1 Lancer arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Friday evening and three more followed on Saturday morning. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has granted permission for “defensive” US action against Iranian missile sites from UK bases. The huge plane, capable of carrying 24 cruise missiles, weighs 86 metric tons and is the fastest bomber in the US Air Force, according... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3345834/4-us-bombers-land-uk-iran-war-continues?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3345834/4-us-bombers-land-uk-iran-war-continues?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:43:24 +0000 Reuters Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused on Monday ‌to heed calls to quit, even by the leader of his party in Scotland, pledging to fight on after his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador plunged his government into ‍crisis. Under pressure over the appointment of a man whose close ties to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have come into full focus, Starmer has attempted to change the narrative. But a demand from Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, for him to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342974/uks-starmer-refuses-heed-calls-quit-over-fallout-epstein-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3342974/uks-starmer-refuses-heed-calls-quit-over-fallout-epstein-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:26:28 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Elon Musk accused the UK government of being “fascist” after it stepped up threats to block X over sexualised images of women and children produced by his artificial intelligence tool Grok. Responding to a chart claiming to show the UK had the highest arrests for social media comments in the world, Musk posted: “Why is the UK government so fascist?” In separate posts hours earlier, Musk said the UK wanted to “suppress free speech” and referred to the country as a “prison island”. X, formerly... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3339471/elon-musk-blasts-prison-island-uk-showdown-over-grok-ai-sexual-images?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3339471/elon-musk-blasts-prison-island-uk-showdown-over-grok-ai-sexual-images?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:25:07 +0000 dpa dpa The UK will “turn the tide” on illicit finance at a landmark anti-corruption summit in London next year, the foreign secretary has said. Yvette Cooper confirmed on Sunday that Britain would host the summit at Lancaster House on June 23-24, 2026. The summit, first promised by her predecessor David Lammy, will bring together governments, businesses and campaigners to agree “tough international action” to combat corrupt practices. Cooper said the summit would target illicit gold used to fund the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3335537/uk-summit-will-turn-tide-worldwide-corruption-foreign-secretary-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3335537/uk-summit-will-turn-tide-worldwide-corruption-foreign-secretary-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:15:37 +0000 Cliff Buddle Cliff Buddle The hallowed tradition of trial by jury, dating back hundreds of years, is one of the most fundamental and best-known features of Britain’s legal system. It has been adopted around the world, including in Hong Kong. But nothing is sacred, it seems. Last week, UK justice secretary David Lammy announced plans to dramatically cut back the use of juries, slashing the number of criminal trials using them by half. It is a drastic step. The proposal, for England and Wales, is to only use juries in... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3335475/role-jurors-legal-system-should-be-strengthened-not-restricted?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3335475/role-jurors-legal-system-should-be-strengthened-not-restricted?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:30:10 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Britain’s justice minister on Friday said he was “appalled” after an Ethiopian asylum seeker and convicted sex offender whose crimes sparked protests was released from jail in error. The high-profile case earlier this year ignited demonstrations which swiftly spread to other towns where asylum seekers were believed to be housed, as well as counter-protests. Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was jailed last month for sexually assaulting a teenage girl and a woman. Justice Minister David Lammy... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3330284/uk-asylum-seeker-jailed-sex-assault-freed-mistake-instead-being-deported?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3330284/uk-asylum-seeker-jailed-sex-assault-freed-mistake-instead-being-deported?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:55:54 +0000 Reuters Reuters Britain, Canada and Australia all recognised a Palestinian state on Sunday in a move borne out of frustration over the Gaza war and intended to promote a two-state solution but which is also bound to anger Israel and its main ally, the United States. The decision by three major Western nations, which have been traditional allies of Israel, aligned them with about 140 other countries also backing Palestinians’ aspiration to forge an independent homeland from the Israeli-occupied... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3326295/uk-set-recognise-palestinian-state-despite-us-trump-opposition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3326295/uk-set-recognise-palestinian-state-despite-us-trump-opposition?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:58:10 +0000 Connor Mycroft Connor Mycroft The Hong Kong government has hit out at “irresponsible remarks” by Western countries for the second straight day following its decision to pursue overseas-based activists for alleged national security violations related to a group called “Hong Kong Parliament”. Authorities said on Sunday that they strongly opposed and disapproved of “smears with distorted facts” that had been communicated by officials and politicians from countries such as the US, Canada and Australia, as well as “anti-China... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3319755/hong-kong-slams-western-countries-over-criticism-bounties-second-straight-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3319755/hong-kong-slams-western-countries-over-criticism-bounties-second-straight-day?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:50:17 +0000 Jeffie Lam,Ng Kang-chung Jeffie Lam,Ng Kang-chung The Hong Kong government has hit out at the UK’s “untrue and biased” criticism of the city’s latest move to pursue some overseas-based activists for alleged national security violations. Beijing’s foreign affairs arm in the city on Saturday also dismissed the criticisms by “individual politicians and institutions” from the West as “unwarranted slander”, saying they were “smearing” Hong Kong’s national security laws. It said their comments only exposed their “hypocritical double standards” and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3319675/uk-slams-fresh-hong-kong-bounties-activists-transnational-repression?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3319675/uk-slams-fresh-hong-kong-bounties-activists-transnational-repression?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Jul 2025 04:20:41 +0000