Anger as Keir Starmer's top legal advisor has spoken in the Lords just four times since becoming Attorney General

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Lord Hermer faced questions about why he was running scared from the dispatch box given his repeated lectures about the importance of accountability.

‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap

found 2025 › Feb › 13 (Thu) @ 06:50 UTC

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Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

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Keir Starmer faces growing calls to sack his top legal advisor Lord Hermer after Attorney General defended disgraced human rights lawyer Phil Shiner

found 2025 › Feb › 13 (Thu) @ 06:50 UTC

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Lord Hermer poured praise on human rights lawyer Shiner even after his war crime claims against British troops were dismissed by a public inquiry as 'deliberate lies'.

Ministry of Justice civil servants objected to the offloading of a £600million office block - because they did not want to lose their view of a park, former minister claims

found 2025 › Feb › 13 (Thu) @ 06:50 UTC

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Lord Agnew told how he agreed to cancel the lease on the Ministry of Justice headquarters while he was trying to cut public sector waste on behalf of Boris Johnson 's government.

Keir Starmer should ditch multi-billion pound surrender of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and spend the money on defence instead, former army chief urges

found 2025 › Feb › 13 (Thu) @ 06:50 UTC

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Lord Dannatt said it was 'very hard to find good news' in the deal, which critics say would put Britain and its allies' security in danger.

QUENTIN LETTS from Westminster: Fear of Lord Hermer the Bogey Man is rampant in Whitehall - and ministers are terrified

found 2025 › Feb › 11 (Tue) @ 07:05 UTC

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The mere thought of the Bogey man is paralysing. The same can be said of Lord Hermer KC, who is still Attorney General despite a tooth-loosening biff from fellow Labour peer Lord Glasman.

Ex-supreme court judge says ‘arguable case’ Israel’s conduct in Gaza is genocidal

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 12:54 UTC

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Lord Sumption says Israel’s actions ‘grossly disproportionate’ and in new book points to suppression of free speech over Palestinian cause

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Attorney General earns at least £170,000 in taxpayer-funded legal aid fees in four years

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 06:25 UTC

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Lord Hermer - hand-picked for the key Government role by Sir Keir Starmer - has come under fire for not disclosing any private earnings since his appointment in July.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Lord Monson bids farewell to much loved canal-side guest house over cancer challenges

found 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 06:20 UTC

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Lord Monson is steeling himself to bid farewell to the Stratford-upon-Avon house which he and his third wife, Silvana, hoped would be their home for good when they bought it nine years ago.

QUENTIN LETTS from Westminster: Ministers will only put up with looking like schmucks for defending Starmer's old chum for so long...

found 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 06:20 UTC

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Lord Hermer is Attorney General, a position that normally attracts minimal interest.