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MPs back government’s ban on Palestine Action

House of Lords will now debate the government’s measures to proscribe the group

4 min read

Protesters show a banner reading 'We are all Palestine Action' during a Palestine Action demonstration at Trafalgar Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Getty Images)

Former home secretary Lord David Blunkett (Image: Getty).

UK must do better to understand Islamist antisemitism, new report warns

3 min read

Diane Abbott calls IDF the ‘Jewish Defence Forces’ in deleted ‘Gaza genocide’ tweet

3 min read

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

3 min read

Government refuses to back MPs call for ‘Ukraine-style’ Gaza refugee scheme

Conservative and Reform MPs strongly oppose any further immigration from Gaza and Downing Street declined to back the proposal

2 min read

June 30, 2025 13:07

A group of MPs have written to the home secretary to ask that she establish a refugee scheme for Gazans to come to the UK, similar to that offered to Ukrainians after Russia's invasion in 2022 (Image: Getty)

On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?

The Leader of the Opposition takes aim at the ‘three lawyers’ she says are driving government policy

5 min read

June 26, 2025 16:49

Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street (Image: Getty).

Angela Rayner refuses to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’ despite pressure from Corbyn

Deputy prime minister also appeared to suggest that Reform’s criticism of female RAF commander was worse than Palestine Action’s infiltration of Brize Norton

3 min read

June 26, 2025 09:21

British Medical Association condemned for making Jewish doctors feel ‘unsafe’ with disproportionate focus on Israel

All motions passed by the conference’s international section related to Gaza

3 min read

June 26, 2025 09:16

A British Medical Association flag outside Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

MPs turn on Zarah Sultana who declares ‘we are all Palestine Action’

Parliamentarians expressed shock over the suspended Labour MP’s comments

3 min read

June 24, 2025 16:29

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Abdullah Bailey/Alamy Live News)

Yair Lapid defends Netanyahu decision to strike against ‘existential’ threat from Iran

‘We saw the intelligence that tells us that Iran is rushing to a bomb’, the Israeli opposition leader tells Parliament’s foreign affairs committee

3 min read

June 24, 2025 11:26

Yair Lapid speaking before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: Parliament TV)

Lammy confirms one Brit injured by Iran strikes; Brits finally evacuated from Israel

Government continues to emphasise Britain’s lack of involvement in Iran attacks

3 min read

June 24, 2025 10:20

David Lammy speaking in Parliament (Image: Parliament TV).

Counter-terror police investigate RAF Brize Norton break in as Home Secretary confirms proscription

RAF base attack latest in ‘long history of unacceptable criminal damage’ by pro-Palestine group

3 min read

June 23, 2025 15:43

Protesters marching behind a Palestine Action banner chanting 'Intifada' last year (Image: X)

Labour’s shoddy politics on Israel risks feeding dangerous sectarianism, says Northern Irish MP

The DUP’s Sammy Wilson on what he sees as Labour’s misguided approach to Israel and his rapport with the Gaza independents

6 min read

June 23, 2025 15:21

Democratic Unionist Party MP Sammy Wilson in front of pro-Gaza independent MP Iqbal Mohamed (rear). Image: Parliament TV.

Prime minister Keir Starmer says Kneecap should not play at Glastonbury

The prime minister said it was ‘not appropriate’ that the contrversial band headline Britain’s largest music festival

1 min read

June 22, 2025 12:36

DJ Provai from Irish Hip Hop trio Kneecap (Image:Getty)

UK Government to arrange flights for Brits stranded in Israel ‘early next week’

The Foreign Office has been criticised for their slow handling of the situation

2 min read

June 22, 2025 10:42

Ben Gurion Airport (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Ministers say UK wasn’t involved in Iran attacks and urge return to diplomacy to stop nuclear programme

Business secretary ‘very’ concerned about Iranian backed terrorism in the UK

3 min read

June 22, 2025 10:27

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds speaking on Sky News (Image: Youtube)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

MPs back government’s ban on Palestine Action

UK must do better to understand Islamist antisemitism, new report warns

Diane Abbott calls IDF the ‘Jewish Defence Forces’ in deleted ‘Gaza genocide’ tweet

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

Government refuses to back MPs call for ‘Ukraine-style’ Gaza refugee scheme

On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?

Angela Rayner refuses to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’ despite pressure from Corbyn

British Medical Association condemned for making Jewish doctors feel ‘unsafe’ with disproportionate focus on Israel

MPs turn on Zarah Sultana who declares ‘we are all Palestine Action’

Yair Lapid defends Netanyahu decision to strike against ‘existential’ threat from Iran

Lammy confirms one Brit injured by Iran strikes; Brits finally evacuated from Israel

Counter-terror police investigate RAF Brize Norton break in as Home Secretary confirms proscription

Labour’s shoddy politics on Israel risks feeding dangerous sectarianism, says Northern Irish MP

Prime minister Keir Starmer says Kneecap should not play at Glastonbury

UK Government to arrange flights for Brits stranded in Israel ‘early next week’

Ministers say UK wasn’t involved in Iran attacks and urge return to diplomacy to stop nuclear programme