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Foreign Office admits it does not know how much money has been spent on Chagos deal so far

Upon request, the government department was unable to produce a figure for how much has been spent on legal costs, travel costs and other expenses

The Independent UK

Nato boss say Donald Trump is 'right' on need to boost defence spending

Mark Rutte said US president-elect Donald Trump was ‘right’ that there should be more spending on defence

Evening Standard

Europe ‘will spend more’ on defence, Nato head suggests

Mark Rutte said US president-elect Donald Trump was “right” that there should be more spending on defence.

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Hunger strike mother steps up action in bid to free son jailed in Egypt

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt’s rulers.

Evening Standard

'Please give me my life back': British teen makes emotional plea after being jailed in Dubai for holiday romance

Marcus Fakana and his family have urged foreign secretary David Lammy to intervene in the case

Evening Standard

Londoner, 18, facing jail in Dubai for 'holiday romance' with UK girl feels 'abandoned' by Foreign Secretary

Marcus Fakana, 18, was charged by Dubai authorities after consensual ‘holiday romance’ with 17-year-old girl

Evening Standard

British wife of ousted Syrian leader Assad ‘not welcome in the UK’, Lammy says

The Prime Minister said it was too early to say whether the Government would strip Asma Assad of her British citizenship

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Human rights for Syrians but perhaps not for Saudis in Labour’s Middle East

While David Lammy lauded the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Keir Starmer was having a love-in with Mohammed bin Salman

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy calls Bashar al-Assad ‘the rat of Damascus’

Speaking in the Commons, David Lammy says Labour government had resisted pressure to re-engage with Assad

The Guardian - UK

Syrians crowd Assad’s most notorious torture prison in hunt for missing loved ones

It comes as Britain says collapse of Assad is humiliation for Iran and Russia but doesn’t guarantee peace. Israel bombs chemical weapons facilities over fears of dangerous power vacuum

The Independent UK

UK to pause Syrian asylum claims after collapse of Assad regime

Foreign secretary David Lammy said it was “premature” to discuss resettlement schemes for Syrian refugees

The Independent UK

Lammy brands Assad rat of Damascus who fled to Russia with tail between his legs

The Assad regime in Syria collapsed after 13 years of civil war.

Evening Standard

Watch live: David Lammy reacts as Syria’s brutal Assad regime ends

Watch live as David Lammy delivers a statement in Parliament on Monday, 9 December, after Syria’s brutal Assad regime came to an end.

The Independent UK

Former London MP Margaret Hodge made anti-corruption champion to target 'dirty money' in Britain and overseas

Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the appointment on a visit to the National Crime Agency

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Margaret Hodge named anti-corruption champion

The Government has appointed an anti-corruption champion as it seeks to make UK a ‘hostile environment for the corrupt and their ill-gotten gains’.

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Hodge appointed UK anti-corruption champion to tackle flow of ‘dirty money’

Labour peer says she will combat ‘corruption and the illicit finance that flows from it, both at home and abroad’

The Independent UK

Briton jailed in Dubai for past 16 years pleads with Starmer to end ‘nightmare’ on UAE visit

Exclusive: PM urged to fight for release of Ryan Cornelius, now 70, who has spent almost two decades imprisoned on a fraud charge the UN has said is unjust

The Guardian - UK

Bullies can sense weakness – which is why Labour must not shy away from taking on the global far right

By failing to challenge extremist narratives around immigration, Starmer is weakening, not strengthening, his government’s position, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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British unprocessed pork exports to China resume as Covid-era restrictions end

Industry revenues could be increased by an estimated £80 million as a result of the agreement announced on Sunday, the Government said.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves to meet with EU counterparts over Ukraine support

The bloc faces pressure to bolster defence ahead of a second Trump presidency

The Guardian - UK

Mother of last British Gaza hostage asks UK government for ‘solutions not sympathy’

Mandy Damari gives first news conference pleading for help to bring her daughter Emily and the 100 remaining hostages home

Evening Standard

Mother of sole British hostage in Gaza ‘wants solutions not sympathy’

Mandy Damari spoke of her daughter Emily, and the ordeal she is facing, at a press conference in London on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Mother of British hostage held in Gaza disappointed by Lammy’s aid tweet

Mother of only UK hostage says foreign secretary criticised Israel’s response to Gaza humanitarian crisis hours after meeting her, but failed to mention her daughter

The Independent UK

David Lammy urges EU allies to bolster defence spending ahead of Trump return

It comes amid concerns over the impact of a second Trump presidency on western support for Ukraine

Evening Standard

Lammy tells Nato members to ‘get serious’ about increased defence spending

Foreign Secretary David Lammy pointed to the UK’s own commitment to increase spending to 2.5% of GDP, although no timetable has been set for that.

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