Deputy Labour Leader Stirs The Pot Over Lammy's Handling Of Accidental Prisoner Release Row

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/690cc9fc180000e89c040948.jpeg?cache=uWJlSm2WzA&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Lucy Powell launched an attack on David Lammy while speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live today" data-caption="Lucy Powell launched an attack on David Lammy while speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live today" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="AP" />Lucy Powell launched an attack on David Lammy while speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live today</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/lucy-powell" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lucy Powell </a>has torn into deputy prime minister <a href="news/david-lammy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Lammy </a>for the way in which he handled the accidental release of further prisoners this week.</p><p>The government is currently scrambling after Lammy refused to confirm an Algerian man, Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, had been accidentally let out of Wandsworth Prison on Wednesday afternoon in the Commons.</p><p>He later confirmed the news and said he had even been briefed on it before prime minister’s questions.</p><p>The incident happened just days after migrant sex offender, <a role="link" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/minister-its-galling-to-pay-migrant-sex-offender-to-leave_uk_69031e46e4b017cd270ef7d1" data-vars-item-name="Hadush Kebatu," data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="690c5b17e4b094b50cf840c9" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="69031e46e4b017cd270ef7d1" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-va