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David Lammy lifts cap on court sitting days in effort to cut backlog of cases

The Guardian 24 Feb 2026
... as the government seeks to ease the cases backlog, David Lammy has announced.
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David Lammy: Labour will hand courts millions to tackle case backlog

The Daily Telegraph 24 Feb 2026
David Lammy is to pay for judges to hear a record number of cases in an effort to cut court backlogs ... Mr Lammy, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, will say ... David Lammy, Labour Party, Court cases.
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Judges urged to embrace AI to cut courts backlog in major David Lammy speech

The Mirror 22 Feb 2026
In a major speech, Deputy PM David Lammy will set out a raft of changes to modernise the creaking justice system amid a backlash over his plans to reduce jury trials ... .
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Watch: UK Deputy PM David Lammy Relishes South Indian Food In Delhi

NDTV 21 Feb 2026
David Lammy indulged in podis, mini idlis, vadas, and some filter coffee with Sameer Bawa ... .
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UK Deputy PM David Lammy Mentions Kolkata Ancestry, Jokes About ‘India’s Son-In-Law’ Rishi Sunak

News18 20 Feb 2026
David Lammy spoke about his long-standing friendship with Rishi Sunak and their ability to work together despite political differences ....
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'Great son of India': UK deputy PM David Lammy, Rishi Sunak trade stories of their Indian heritage

The Times of India 20 Feb 2026
UK deputy prime minister David Lammy hailed former prime minister Rishi Sunak as “a great son of India” while highlighting his own Indian roots during a fireside chat in New Delhi.Speaking at the ...
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David Lammy to face down rebels and force through judge-only trials

The Daily Telegraph 20 Feb 2026
David Lammy is to face down Labour rebels next week by pressing full steam ahead with his controversial plans to curb jury trials ... David Lammy, Court cases, Law and order, Keir Starmer, Karl Turner.
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David Lammy U-turns on deleting grooming gang courts archive

The Daily Telegraph 19 Feb 2026
David Lammy has abandoned moves to delete a major archive of court records that allows crucial insight into grooming gangs ... David Lammy needs to get a grip of his department and put the public first.”.
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Lammy kept busy by multiple roles

The Times/The Sunday Times 18 Feb 2026
The cases, the chatter, the chaos. what’s really going on in the law .
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Lammy’s ‘radical’ jury changes ‘won’t cut trial backlog’

The Daily Telegraph 15 Feb 2026
David Lammy’s “radical” plans to overhaul Britain’s centuries-old system of jury trials won’t stop the court backlogs growing, the new chair of the Bar Council has said ... David Lammy, the Justice Secretary, plans to scrap most jury trials Credit.
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Lammy’s jury plans go too far, warns former director of public prosecutions

The Daily Telegraph 11 Feb 2026
David Lammy has gone too far with his plans to curb jury trials, one of Britain’s top prosecutors has warned ... This would scale back Mr Lammy’s plan for a blanket ban on jury trials for defendants facing sentences of under three years in jail.
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