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David Lammy

MP for Tottenham · Deputy Prime Minister, September 2025 – July 2026

Former minister · left government 20 July 2026

Foreign Secretary and then Deputy Prime Minister under Sir Keir Starmer, David Lammy said in December 2025 that Britain could benefit from a customs union with the EU — stating in the same interview that it was not government policy. He holds no ministerial office in the Burnham government.

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In Diplomatique™

No. IV · The Kingdom and Its Unsettled Government

Last reviewed 5 Nov 2026