Jane Prinsley

Jane Prinsley is the JC's Investigations and Political Correspondent. She was named one of the MHP's '30 To Watch’ young journalists in 2026. You can reach her at jprinsley@thejc.com

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Exclusive: BBC Arabic ‘got it very wrong’ over Israel coverage says Lord Grade

Corporation’s former chairman calls for wholesale reform of complaints process in wide-ranging interview with the JC

6 min read

Green Party leader Zack Polanski speaks during a rally on March 28, 2026, in London (Getty Images)

Zack Polanski ‘likely’ to stand in Holborn and St Pancras by-election to replace Starmer

2 min read

‘Listen to the Chief Rabbi – don’t sanction Israel’, MPs urge Burnham

5 min read

Chief Constable Craig Guildford of West Midlands Police (Parliament TV)

West Midlands Police scandal must not be repeated, warn Jewish leaders as officers face gross misconduct claims

3 min read

Left-wing Labour factions push conference motion demanding Gaza ‘genocide’ recognition and Israel arms embargo

Their demands also include an end to US use of British military bases for the Iran War

3 min read

August 26, 2026 11:57

Protesters take part in a 'National Palestine Demonstration' ahead of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 27, 2025. (Getty Images)

Burnham expected to sanction West Bank settlements before Labour conference next month

Move could amount to a ‘de facto boycott’ of entire Jewish state, warns Labour Friends of Israel

3 min read

August 26, 2026 11:23

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map of the E1 corridor on August 14, 2025, after a press conference at the site (Getty Images)

Green Party bans Jewish-Palestinian peace group because it’s linked to Israel

Standing Together blocked from attending annual conference due to party’s BDS rules

8 min read

August 26, 2026 09:27

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (r) chats with Ben Jamal, Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, on the second day of the Green Party Conference at the Bournemouth International Centre, on October 04, 2025. (Getty Images)

UK government ‘appalled’ by Israel’s decision not to launch criminal case over World Central Kitchen strike

Three Britons were killed in the attack, which Israel said had been the result of ‘serious’ IDF failures

2 min read

August 21, 2026 13:13

Green activists discussed ‘wiping Israel off the map’ and ‘killing Zionists’ in WhatsApp group

There have been calls from parliamentarians for party members who suggested violence against Israelis to be reported to the police

2 min read

August 19, 2026 16:37

Green Party leader Zack Polanski delivers a keynote speech setting out how his party would deliver growth at the British Chambers of Commerce Global Annual Conference at Queen Elizabeth II Centre on June 25, 2026 (Getty Images)

Former attorney general says BBC’s ‘Moneybags Rothschild’ decision ‘irrational and judicially reviewable’

Sir Michael Ellis and Lord Wolfson condemn the ruling on the phrase, which was used in an episode of Gardeners’ Question Time

1 min read

August 19, 2026 14:39

BBC Radio 4's Bunny Guinness used the phrase 'Moneybags Rothschild' in an episode of Gardeners' Question Time (Photo: YouTube)

BBC’s highest complaints body rules ‘moneybags Rothschild’ is not antisemitic

Corporation panel said comment would not ‘perpetuate prejudice’ because ‘the Jewishness of the Rothschild family was not referred to’

3 min read

August 18, 2026 13:25

BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time panellist Bunny Guinness has been criticised for making the 'Moneybags Rothschild' comment in one episode of the programme (Photo: YouTube)

Labour group praises ‘wonderful’ visit to Arabic bookshop that sold Mein Kampf

Post by local party thanked store owner for ‘beautiful layout’ and ‘discussed concerns about a publication’, without mentioning Hitler

3 min read

August 17, 2026 12:34

Arabic-language copies of Mein Kampf on sale at Aafaq Bookstore in central London (X/Elliot Keck)

Cambridge investigates claims Iran dissidents were misquoted in doctorate that ‘whitewashes’ the regime

Shirin Saeidi was awarded a PhD and hired as a professor in the US but was sacked for anti-Israel posts

6 min read

August 12, 2026 10:30

Dr Shirin Saeidi during a lecture at the University of Arkansas department of political science, February 7, 2019 (YouTube)

Could Hackney nurses’ training in Israeli hospital be jeopardised by Green plan to end twinning?

Decades-old medical exchange is separate from council scheme but still there are fears for its future in increasingly hostile climate

2 min read

August 6, 2026 18:33

A Homerton nurse at Rambam Hospital (Rose)

Appointing former neo-Nazi as anti-extremism adviser an ‘insult’, Baroness Berger tells Badenoch

The MP for the area where Joshua Bonehill-Paine was due to stand for a council seat said the Tory leader ‘has not accepted the party got it wrong’

2 min read

August 6, 2026 11:15

An election poster for Joshua Bonehill-Paine (Facebook/Joshua Bonehill-Paine)

Former neo-Nazi withdraws from Tory candidacy after Jewish community backlash

Kemi Badenoch says Joshua Bonehill-Paine will work with the party on ‘tackling radicalisation’ as part of its culture and integration commission

2 min read

August 5, 2026 17:06

Joshua Bonehill-Paine (Joshua Bonehill-Paine)

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Jane Prinsley

Latest from Jane Prinsley

Exclusive: BBC Arabic ‘got it very wrong’ over Israel coverage says Lord Grade

Zack Polanski ‘likely’ to stand in Holborn and St Pancras by-election to replace Starmer

‘Listen to the Chief Rabbi – don’t sanction Israel’, MPs urge Burnham

West Midlands Police scandal must not be repeated, warn Jewish leaders as officers face gross misconduct claims

More from Jane Prinsley

Left-wing Labour factions push conference motion demanding Gaza ‘genocide’ recognition and Israel arms embargo

Burnham expected to sanction West Bank settlements before Labour conference next month

Green Party bans Jewish-Palestinian peace group because it’s linked to Israel

UK government ‘appalled’ by Israel’s decision not to launch criminal case over World Central Kitchen strike

Green activists discussed ‘wiping Israel off the map’ and ‘killing Zionists’ in WhatsApp group

Former attorney general says BBC’s ‘Moneybags Rothschild’ decision ‘irrational and judicially reviewable’

BBC’s highest complaints body rules ‘moneybags Rothschild’ is not antisemitic

Labour group praises ‘wonderful’ visit to Arabic bookshop that sold Mein Kampf

Cambridge investigates claims Iran dissidents were misquoted in doctorate that ‘whitewashes’ the regime

Could Hackney nurses’ training in Israeli hospital be jeopardised by Green plan to end twinning?

Appointing former neo-Nazi as anti-extremism adviser an ‘insult’, Baroness Berger tells Badenoch

Former neo-Nazi withdraws from Tory candidacy after Jewish community backlash