On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch After weeks of political controversy, Aston Villa will take on Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C in Birmingham Thursday evening without the latter team’s fans allowedContinue Reading

Kate Garraway told off Robert Jenrick for swearing live on Good Morning Britain as he criticised David Lammy. During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (5 November), the justice secretary failed to answer questions about the mistaken release of 24-year-old Algerian national Brahim Kaddour-Cherif from HMP Wandsworth, despite having been informedContinue Reading

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email David Lammy was unable to say whether any other asylum seekers had been accidentally freed from prison since Hadush Kebatu’s bungledContinue Reading

David Lammy put on a poppy midway through Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (5 November). As he filled in for Sir Keir Starmer at the despatch box, the deputy prime minister attached a poppy to his jacket after being handed one by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, who was sitting nextContinue Reading