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Who is on Keir Starmer's China trip, and why are they there?

A delegation of ministers, business leaders and cultural figures are part of the trip, as the Prime Minister seeks to improve relations

Evening Standard

City minister accused of ignoring £2bn car finance tax loophole

Critics say banks will be able to avoid tax on compensation payouts to victims of £11bn loans scandal

The Guardian - UK

UK financial system ‘may not be prepared enough for major AI-related incidents’

The Treasury Select Committee said it had received a ‘significant volume of evidence’ about AI’s risks to financial services consumers.

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Hopeful signs for London Stock Market but still so much more to do

I would dearly love 2026 to end with more UK quoted companies than it started

Evening Standard

New City minister summons lenders to urge take-up of looser mortgage rules

Lucy Rigby and housing minister Matthew Pennycook were gathering senior executives from top lenders for a meeting on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Who is in and who is out? Keir Starmer reshuffles junior ministers

The prime minister moved Yvette Cooper from the Home Office to the Foreign Office in a major shake-up of his top team

The Independent UK

Hillsborough Law coming ‘very soon’ as Labour conference in Liverpool nears

Solicitor general Lucy Rigby told the Commons a ‘Hillsborough Law’ would include the duty of candour for public officials that campaigners wanted.

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Small boat smugglers sedating children for crossings, says solicitor general

Lucy Rigby said she has been told by the Crown Prosecution Service that gangs were dosing children to make them more cooperative.

Evening Standard

Ministers vow to give sexual violence victims ‘the justice they deserve’

Exclusive: Figures show proportion of sentences referred back as unduly lenient has risen in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Bhim Kohli’s teenage killer to have sentence reviewed at Court of Appeal

Mr Kohli, 80, was attacked with a shoe and died the following day.

Evening Standard

Bid to increase sentence of Bhim Kohli’s teenage killer to be heard next week

A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to seven years’ custody in June.

Evening Standard

Man who filmed himself raping woman has ‘unduly lenient’ sentence increased

Gagandeep Gulati, 20, had his sentence for rape increased from six years to nine years at the Court of Appeal on Thursday

Evening Standard

Three child sex abusers have sentences increased after solicitor general’s intervention

Men who raped vulnerable teenager in 1990s have prison terms extended after original sentences ruled ‘unduly lenient’

The Guardian - UK

Government secrecy fuelled Southport attack conspiracy theories, say Tories

Labour minister Lucy Rigby denied an accusation by Helen Grant that the Government accelerated conspiracy theories around the attack last year.

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The Independent UK

Woman’s sentence for allowing daughter’s death ‘not unduly lenient’

Solicitor General Lucy Rigby had referred the case to the Court of Appeal.

The Independent UK

Calls for clarity over which matters Attorney General recused himself from

Lord Hermer accused of ‘marking his own homework’ after he told peers he had stepped back from advising ministers on certain policies

The Independent UK

Ex-nursery worker could have sentence for allowing daughter’s death increased

The Solicitor General has asked the Court of Appeal to review Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell’s sentence following a request from an MP.

The Guardian - UK

Tory calls to look into attorney general ‘conflict of interest’ claims dismissed

Cabinet secretary declines Robert Jenrick’s demand to investigate Richard Hermer’s work as barrister for Gerry Adams

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The Independent UK

Government under fire over ‘conflict of interest’ concerns for Attorney General

Solicitor General Lucy Rigby said Lord Hermer will recuse himself from matters where there is a conflict of interest, but would not say which matters.

The Independent UK

Sara Sharif: Solicitor General appeals against ‘unduly lenient’ murder sentence for girl’s father

Solicitor General Lucy Rigby referred Urfan Sharif’s sentence to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

Evening Standard

Bid to review ‘unduly lenient’ murder sentence for Sara Sharif’s father

Solicitor General Lucy Rigby referred Urfan Sharif’s sentence to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

Evening Standard

Haigh to get ministerial severance pay, Downing Street says

Labour in opposition had called to reform the rules.

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