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Starmer and Trump talk Gaza as Cabinet recalled for emergency meeting

The two leaders met at Trump’s golf course in Scotland, where the Prime Minister described the humanitarian situation in the Strip as ‘appalling’

4 min read

US President Donald Trump gestures as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and his wife Victoria Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf club (Image: Getty)

David Taylor MP during Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

Do not forget that the Corbynites failed the victims of Assad’s horror, says Labour MP

5 min read

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron inside 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty).

Starmer seemingly rejects French push for immediate Palestinian statehood

4 min read

Zarah Sultana with former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2021 (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Corbyn and Sultana formally announce new political party amid confusion over name

2 min read

Sadiq Khan urges government to ‘immediately recognise Palestinian statehood’

The prime has been under pressure from within Labour to take a more critical stance against Israel

3 min read

July 23, 2025 13:44

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan (Image: Getty)

Proscribe the IRGC, says Intelligence and Security Committee chair

Lord Beamish was critical of the decision not to allow his committee oversight of the Afghan data leak

3 min read

July 22, 2025 16:37

Intelligence and Security Committee Chair Lord Beamish (Kevan Jones), Image: Getty

Send British troops to Gaza to stop the IDF, urges Labour MP

Following a ‘Middle East’ update in the Commons, only two MPs raised the plight of the Druze community in Syria

3 min read

July 22, 2025 10:52

Britain and 28 other nations condemn ‘dangerous’ Israeli-backed Gaza aid scheme

Meanwhile, during a grilling by MPs, the prime minister said the UK would recognise a Palestinian state ‘as a contribution to the peace process’

3 min read

July 22, 2025 09:36

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, arrives at 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty)

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

The new Derbyshire MP has also highlighted the plight of the remaining hostages held by Hamas

4 min read

July 21, 2025 15:10

LFI Chair Jon Pearce MP with Israel's President Isaac Herzog (Image: Labour Friends of Israel).

Iran poses an increased threat to British Jews, says intelligence committee

Government has not developed ‘longer-term thinking and a real understanding of Iran’, argues report

3 min read

July 11, 2025 11:10

Iranian Basij militia parade to mark the 25th anniversary of its foundation by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on November 26, 2005. (Photo by Hossein Fatemi / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN FATEMI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer prioritises Gaza ceasefire over Palestine recognition

French President Emmanuel Macron has been pushing for both countries to recognise a Palestinian state

3 min read

July 11, 2025 08:51

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appeared to prioritise the achievement of a Gaza ceasefire over the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (Image: Getty)

Jewish groups slam Gaza-Holocaust comparisons by pro-Palestine MP

Iqbal Mohamed compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to Nazi atrocities

3 min read

July 10, 2025 11:29

Independent pro-Gaza MP Iqbal Mohamed seemingly referred to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails as 'hostages' during PMQs (Image: Parliament TV).

Green Party councillors compared Israel to Nazi Germany over ‘concentration camp’ slur

The CST said the comments were ‘deeply offensive’ to Holocaust survivors and the Jewish community

3 min read

July 9, 2025 15:53

Green councillor Hau-Yu Tam (centre) with the party's deputy leader Zack Polanksi (left)

More than half of British Jews say Labour has made the community less secure, new JC poll shows

Starmer’s party now third in popularity behind the Conservatives and Reform UK

7 min read

July 9, 2025 14:16

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

Pro-Gaza MP suggests Israel is planning ‘gas chambers’ for Palestinians

Adnan Hussain seemingly compared a new IDF policy, announced by Defence Minister Israel Katz, to the actions of the Third Reich

3 min read

July 8, 2025 15:01

Adnan Hussain MP (Image: Parliament TV).

Derision over chaotic launch of Corbyn and Sultana’s new far-left party

Zarah Sultana announced she would be leading a new party with the former Labour leader – but Corbyn has yet to comment

4 min read

July 4, 2025 08:22

Tensions appear to be brewing between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn (Photo: Getty Images)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Starmer and Trump talk Gaza as Cabinet recalled for emergency meeting

Do not forget that the Corbynites failed the victims of Assad’s horror, says Labour MP

Starmer seemingly rejects French push for immediate Palestinian statehood

Corbyn and Sultana formally announce new political party amid confusion over name

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Sadiq Khan urges government to ‘immediately recognise Palestinian statehood’

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Britain and 28 other nations condemn ‘dangerous’ Israeli-backed Gaza aid scheme

‘It's not within our power to decide the outcome of this conflict’: LFI’s new chair on facing down ‘division and hatred’ in Parliament and beyond

Iran poses an increased threat to British Jews, says intelligence committee

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Green Party councillors compared Israel to Nazi Germany over ‘concentration camp’ slur

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