As I have consistently recommended, we desperately need to find more black judges, particularly females, who are chronically underrepresented in our courts… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
We should not let those with a political agenda use London's growing population to support their anti-immigration rhetoric, and we should challenge… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
We need find the space to build more affordable homes in the city. That involves a number of different policy responses. For… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Too often, the perspectives on housing come from journalists, politicians and property experts, with a focus on the extreme ends of the… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
In Britain, we ought to be in a position where doctors and therapists are able to prescribe mindfulness, acupuncture, osteopathy de rigueur,… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Mum was born in 1938 in Guyana and came to Britain at the end of the 60s. She settled in Tottenham, north… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to open a newspaper without reading something about the London housing market. House prices are rising at such… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
We need to revisit that planning decision because in many cases across our capital [London], greenbelt land doesn't deserve the name. Car… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I hope we get a real diversity in perspectives from the good, the bad and the ugly. I love living in London… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Plenty of people are intrigued by their family history. Growing up as the son of West Indian immigrants who moved to London… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Reading international law at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London was a wonderful experience. With its incredibly diverse student… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
For me, a hoodie is like a pair of slippers or pyjamas - something comfortable and well-worn that you can wear unthinkingly. Unless, of… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I grew up under Thatcher; the era of apartheid; the era of the poll tax; the era of riots. I remember Neil Kinnock was… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Edgy' music has always formed the cornerstone to any teenage rebellion. Most indulge in it precisely because adults like me don't like them doing… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Unemployed people should be treated as potential to be realised, not a problem to be solved. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
As I have consistently recommended, we desperately need to find more black judges, particularly females, who are chronically underrepresented in our courts across London… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Our political class obsesses over social mobility from one generation to the next - whether or not people are doing better than their parents… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
We should not let those with a political agenda use London's growing population to support their anti-immigration rhetoric, and we should challenge those who… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
People 'demand' the opportunity to gamble away money they do not have, just like people 'demand' money from loan sharks at extortionate interest rates.… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the back of… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we must either abandon our reliance on stop and search or abandon any hope for a criminal justice system grounded in equality, impartiality… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
