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David Lammy MP, Labour Party Politician and Shadow Justice Secretary


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David Lammy is a Labour Party politician and current Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor. He has served as MP for Tottenham since 2000, and as Minister for Culture under the last Labour government. David is known for being vocal on topics of race and inequality, in particular in the UK criminal justice system. He has been a vocal critic of the government’s response to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, and its policies the Windrush Generation. He joins us today for a conversation about his latest book ‘Tribes: How Our Need to Belong Can Make or Break Society’, which was published earlier this year.
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