David Lammy Tells JD Vance He's Wrong Over Immigration Comments

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David Lammy challenges JD Vance's comments on immigration and discusses UK-US political relations.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has told the US Vice President JD Vance "he was wrong" to say mass migration was to blame for Henry Nowak's murder in a phone call. On this episode of Newscast, Laura, Henry and Joe discuss the relationship between the two of them, why that American politicians are talking so much about the UK and Europe. We also look at what’s taking the government so long to publish its Defence Investment Plan. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Laura Kuenssberg. It was made by Chris Flynn and Maddie Drury. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The assistant editor is Chris…

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Host: Laura Kuenssberg

Guest: David Lammy

Topics covered

• immigration
• politics
• UK
• US relations
• defence investment

Keywords

• David Lammy
• JD Vance
• immigration
• politics
• UK
• US
• defence investment

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Organizations: BBC News

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