‘Get a grip, man’: deputy PM clashes with Tories over mistaken release of asylum seeker

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'Get a grip, man': deputy PM clashes with Tories over mistaken release of asylum seeker

David Lammy clashed with James Cartlidge during PMQs in a heated debate over prisons and the mistaken release of asylum seeker Hadush Kebatu.
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The deputy PM, who was standing in for Keir Starmer, said he had put in place the toughest checks they have ever had in prisons, after he was asked if any other asylum seekers have been accidentally released

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Date: November 5, 2025