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Burnham allies distance likely next PM from report of Palantir NHS contract cancellation

One shadow minister suggested the decision would ‘have a trade-off which is measured in more Brits dying’

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Andy Burnham ahead of a radio appearance in London. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire).

Jeremy Corbyn in the House of Commons on July 1, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

Middle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claims

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Tony Greenstein (Image: X/@HeidiBachram)

‘Notorious’ antizionist Tony Greenstein ‘expelled’ from Green Party

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Exclusive: Greens facing antisemitism claims ‘are like Suffragettes’ meeting attended by deputy leader is told

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Exclusive: Dame Priti Patel slams Green councillor who used a ‘racist’ slur against her

The Labour Party’s chair also attacked the Lewisham councillor who has shared posts comparing Zionism with Nazism

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July 1, 2026 18:02

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel delivers a speech during the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex. Picture date: Tuesday October 7, 2025. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Israel calls for Unrwa to be ‘dismantled’ after UK announces £23 million funding increase

Jerusalem has accused staff in the UN agency of taking part in atrocities on October 7

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July 1, 2026 14:08

Green council leader contributed to defeated Labour mayoral candidate’s controversial manifesto

James McAsh was a Corbyn-supporting councillor in Southwark and defected to Zack Polanski’s party earlier this year

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June 30, 2026 13:21

James McAsh, Green leader of Southwark Council (X)

Nick Timothy: Burnham is coward for refusing to say Israel is not committing genocide

The shadow justice secretary was introduced by Kemi Badenoch at the Conservative Friends of Israel annual lunch

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June 29, 2026 18:44

Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy speaking at Conservative Friends of Israel's annual lunch (Image: CFI).

British Jews ‘living in fear’, Hendon MP tells PMQs

Sir Keir Starmer said he would ‘always fight for the security, safety, and freedom of British Jews’

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June 24, 2026 15:26

Labour MP for Hendon David Pinto-Duschinsky MP during prime minister's questions (Image: Parliament TV).

‘Gaza activist lawyer’ newly elected on SNP ticket accused of faking Scottish accent

The MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry was on the executive committee of the Balfour Project, now the Britain-Palestine Project

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June 24, 2026 14:24

Lara Bird taking her oath as she is sworn in as an MP on June 23, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

Burnham is ‘someone who will listen and who cares,’ says Jewish former special adviser

The former mayor of Greater Manchester looks set to appoint James Purnell, the erstwhile chair of Labour Friends of Israel, as his chief of staff

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June 24, 2026 11:19

King Charles speaks to Andy Burnham and Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis as he meets emergency service personnel at Greater Manchester Police Headquarters on October 20, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel lobby petition ‘smacks of an antisemitic conspiracy’, MPs told

Parliamentarians ‘uneasy’ over calls for an inquiry into ‘influence on politics and democracy’ by supporters of ‘world’s only Jewish state’

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June 23, 2026 08:51

Labour minister James Frith spoke against the calls for an inquiry into 'pro-Israel lobbying activity in UK politics' (Image: Parliament TV).

Starmer hails ‘ripping out poison of antisemitism’ from Labour in resignation speech

The prime minister praised his wife, who is Jewish, as ‘a rock by my side through good times and bad’

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June 22, 2026 11:04

Sir Keir Starmer and his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer, on the steps of 10 Downing Street after his resignation speech on June 22, 2026 (PA)

Green activist group accuses party of ‘prioritising’ antisemitism over other forms of racism

A report by ‘Global Majority Greens’, which is backed by the party’s deputy leader, accuses its leadership of creating a ‘hierarchy of racism’

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June 18, 2026 16:25

Mothin Ali, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, delivers his speech on the second day of the Green Party Conference on October 04, 2025 in Bournemouth (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Give Starmer credit: tackling antisemitism within party let Labour take power, says LFI chair

Mark Sewards MP also defended Government’s decision to sanction far-right Israeli ministers speaking in JC interview

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June 18, 2026 11:17

Mark Sewards MP (fourth from the right) visiting Leeds Hillel House (Image: LFI)

Councils can’t boycott Israel without government’s permission, minister confirms

Shadow communities secretary James Cleverly asked if action would be taken against BDS policies in local government

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June 17, 2026 13:14

Activists from BDS hold a banner and a Palestinian flag as they attend a demonstration in Massy, near Paris, on May 28, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Burnham allies distance likely next PM from report of Palantir NHS contract cancellation

Middle East minister urges MPs to be ‘careful in our language’ after Corbyn’s ‘Greater Israel’ claims

‘Notorious’ antizionist Tony Greenstein ‘expelled’ from Green Party

Exclusive: Greens facing antisemitism claims ‘are like Suffragettes’ meeting attended by deputy leader is told

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Starmer hails ‘ripping out poison of antisemitism’ from Labour in resignation speech

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Give Starmer credit: tackling antisemitism within party let Labour take power, says LFI chair

Councils can’t boycott Israel without government’s permission, minister confirms