Minister defends David Lammy and says ‘broken system’ to blame for prisoner releases – UK politics live

<p>Steve Reed says the way to fix the issue ‘is not tittle tattle about David Lammy in the newspapers’</p><p><strong>Rachel Reeves</strong> has unnecessarily blocked her options of what to include in her budge, writes <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dhananjayansriskandarajah">Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah</a></strong>, the chief executive of the <strong>New Economics Foundation and</strong> author of <strong>Power to the People </strong>in this Guardian Opinion piece:</p><p><strong>Ed Davey</strong> has called for <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/prince-andrew">Andrew Mountbatten Windsor</a></strong>, formerly Prince Andrew, to give evidence before the US Congress and UK parliament over his links to pedophile financier <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a></strong> and his victims.</p><p>It’s right Andrew Mountbatten Windsor appears before US Congress over his links to Epstein and his victims. He should also give evidence to our parliament. The public deserve answers and full transparency about this scandal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/nov/07/uk-politics-latest-news-david-lammy-prisoners-labour-keir-starmer">Continue reading...</a>