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The Latest Breaking News from Lucy Rigby

Politics latest: Starmer under pressure over Mandelson vetting files release after fresh delay

Burnham confirmed as Labour’s Makerfield by-election candidate in make-or-break battle with Reform

The Independent UK

Review to examine bank branch closure impacts and identify those most affected

Economic Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby said a ‘clear picture’ is needed of where communities are still losing out.

Evening Standard

HMRC To Contact Over 750,000 Young People About Unclaimed £2,200 Savings — How To Claim Yours

HMRC is writing to 21-year-olds about unclaimed Child Trust Funds worth £2,200 ($2,910) on average. Over 750,000 accounts remain untouched.

International Business Times UK

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Campaign launched to reunite young Britons with forgotten savings accounts

HMRC is contacting 21-year-olds as part of a new awareness drive around lost child trust funds, with an average balance of £2,200

The Guardian - UK

The investment issues Labour must fix before the public can back its bid to join in

Education is vital but the campaign still leaves key gaps to overcome, Karl Matchett writes

The Independent UK

HMRC to contact 750k young Brits over unclaimed savings worth thousands

The Government said it is undertaking an awareness campaign for people to unlock their savings

The Independent UK

Young people set to be contacted about forgotten accounts worth £2,200 typically

More than 750,000 child trust fund accounts are unclaimed, according to the Government.

Evening Standard

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Survivor of financial abuse invited to advise ministers after Guardian report

City minister Lucy Rigby acts after woman faced repossession of house burned down by controlling husband

The Guardian - UK

Who is on Keir Starmer's China trip, and why are they there?

A delegation of ministers, business leaders and cultural figures are part of the trip, as the Prime Minister seeks to improve relations

Evening Standard

City minister accused of ignoring £2bn car finance tax loophole

Critics say banks will be able to avoid tax on compensation payouts to victims of £11bn loans scandal

The Guardian - UK

UK financial system ‘may not be prepared enough for major AI-related incidents’

The Treasury Select Committee said it had received a ‘significant volume of evidence’ about AI’s risks to financial services consumers.

Evening Standard

Hopeful signs for London Stock Market but still so much more to do

I would dearly love 2026 to end with more UK quoted companies than it started

Evening Standard

New City minister summons lenders to urge take-up of looser mortgage rules

Lucy Rigby and housing minister Matthew Pennycook were gathering senior executives from top lenders for a meeting on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Who is in and who is out? Keir Starmer reshuffles junior ministers

The prime minister moved Yvette Cooper from the Home Office to the Foreign Office in a major shake-up of his top team

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Hillsborough Law coming ‘very soon’ as Labour conference in Liverpool nears

Solicitor general Lucy Rigby told the Commons a ‘Hillsborough Law’ would include the duty of candour for public officials that campaigners wanted.

Evening Standard

Small boat smugglers sedating children for crossings, says solicitor general

Lucy Rigby said she has been told by the Crown Prosecution Service that gangs were dosing children to make them more cooperative.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers vow to give sexual violence victims ‘the justice they deserve’

Exclusive: Figures show proportion of sentences referred back as unduly lenient has risen in England and Wales

Evening Standard

Bhim Kohli’s teenage killer to have sentence reviewed at Court of Appeal

Mr Kohli, 80, was attacked with a shoe and died the following day.

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Evening Standard

Bid to increase sentence of Bhim Kohli’s teenage killer to be heard next week

A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to seven years’ custody in June.

Evening Standard

Man who filmed himself raping woman has ‘unduly lenient’ sentence increased

Gagandeep Gulati, 20, had his sentence for rape increased from six years to nine years at the Court of Appeal on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Three child sex abusers have sentences increased after solicitor general’s intervention

Men who raped vulnerable teenager in 1990s have prison terms extended after original sentences ruled ‘unduly lenient’

Evening Standard

Government secrecy fuelled Southport attack conspiracy theories, say Tories

Labour minister Lucy Rigby denied an accusation by Helen Grant that the Government accelerated conspiracy theories around the attack last year.

The Independent UK

Woman’s sentence for allowing daughter’s death ‘not unduly lenient’

Solicitor General Lucy Rigby had referred the case to the Court of Appeal.

The Independent UK

Calls for clarity over which matters Attorney General recused himself from

Lord Hermer accused of ‘marking his own homework’ after he told peers he had stepped back from advising ministers on certain policies

The Independent UK

Ex-nursery worker could have sentence for allowing daughter’s death increased

The Solicitor General has asked the Court of Appeal to review Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell’s sentence following a request from an MP.

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