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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

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

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

3 min read

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

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

3 min read

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

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

3 min read

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 12:26

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 11:20

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 16:43

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 16:21

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 13:36

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 11:42

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 11:27

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

‘Zero tolerance for terrorism’: Jewish communal groups welcome Palestine Action ban

CST said they had been urging the government to take action for some time

2 min read

June 22, 2025 10:00

Protest: Palestinian flag flies below as activist brandishes a hammer on Thales factory roof (PALESTINE ACTION SCOTLAND)

Calls to treat Palestine Action as terrorists after activists damage planes at RAF Brize Norton

Kemi Badenoch: ‘This is not lawful protest, it is politically-motivated criminality’

3 min read

June 20, 2025 12:10

Video posted by Palestine Action appearing to show an aircraft in RAF Brize Norton (Image: X)

Foreign Office ‘dullards’ slammed for treatment of Brits stranded in Israel

The department is accused of failing to learn from the mistakes of Covid-era repatriation efforts

4 min read

June 19, 2025 13:39

A nurse carries medical supplies past a building with smoke billowing out at Soroka Hospital following an Iranian missile attack in Beersheba (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Israeli opposition leaders reject MP’s claim they backed UK sanctions

Stourbridge MP Cat Eccles claimed senior figures in the Knesset had told her tough measures against far-right Israeli ministers would be ‘helpful’

1 min read

June 19, 2025 11:04

Downing Street refuses to back Trump call for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’

But Reform UK’s leader, Nigel Farage, said he was ‘for’ regime change in the Islamic Republic

4 min read

June 18, 2025 16:07

Downing Street has refused to back Donald Trump's call for Iran's 'unconditional surrender' (Image: Getty)

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

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’

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

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

‘Zero tolerance for terrorism’: Jewish communal groups welcome Palestine Action ban

Calls to treat Palestine Action as terrorists after activists damage planes at RAF Brize Norton

Foreign Office ‘dullards’ slammed for treatment of Brits stranded in Israel

Exclusive: Israeli opposition leaders reject MP’s claim they backed UK sanctions

Downing Street refuses to back Trump call for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’