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Lisa Nandy said David Lammy is “gripping” the problem of mistaken releases from UK prisons as she rejected suggestions he had dodged scrutiny following a series of high-profile manhunts.

The Culture Secretary defended the Justice Secretary’s performance during this week’s Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions after he was criticised for not revealing details about an inmate who had been freed in error.

Speaking on Sunday’s broadcast media round, Ms Nandy said she had been on the frontbench in the Commons where she saw Mr Lammy “weighing up in his mind what information” t

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