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Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

The Jewish Leadership Council said the Conservatives needed to explain how Ishfaq Hussain was selected

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Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, said he does not claim to represent the entire community (Photo: Getty)

Zack Polanski criticised for remarks about Jewish community’s ‘perception of unsafety’

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Gone from Greens: The party's former London Assembly member Darren Johnson, who has now joined Labour (Image: Darren Johnson/X).

Former senior Green politician denounces ‘Corbynite takeover’ of party

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Labour faces a huge challenge for control of the city council in Birmingham (Photo: Getty)

Labour ‘pandering’ to extremism to win votes in Birmingham, insiders say

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Labour failing to tackle roots of hatred, say cross-party MPs

As police make arrests after shul attacks, political leaders call anti-Israel bias and antisemitism a ‘national emergency’

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April 22, 2026 09:43

Forensic police officers setup a tent beside an office formerly used by the business "Jewish futures" in Hendon, north London on April 18 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive: MPs and peers condemn ‘disproportionate’ punishment of student who called keffiyeh ‘tea towel’

Pro-Israel undergraduate Brodie Mitchell was suspended by Royal Holloway in what parliamentarians claim was ‘double standards’

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April 17, 2026 08:49

Royal Holloway, University of London (Image: Royal Holloway)

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Another of the party’s candidates shared images of ‘Zionists’ pulling the strings of world leaders and questioned whether the King had converted to Islam

2 min read

April 16, 2026 15:16

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Foreign antisemites should be deported, says Badenoch

The Tory leader also argued that antisemites in “public institutions” needed to be removed from their positions

2 min read

April 16, 2026 11:19

Kemi Badenoch speaking at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester (Image: Getty).

Fear of a bloodbath in May has made Labour candidates lunge for the anti-Israel vote

As Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour plunges in opinion polls, no wonder some candidates desperately strive to reclaim followers from Greens and independents

3 min read

April 7, 2026 11:12

Polling station opens for voting for the Gorton And Denton by-election on February 26, 2026 in Manchester, which was won by the Green Party (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Labour accused of pandering to ‘sectarian agenda’ in battle with Greens for Gaza votes

Campaigning candidates turn to Middle East as party fears wipeout in local elections next month

4 min read

April 7, 2026 11:07

Palestinian flags in Westminster (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Keir Starmer attends Jewish students’ mock seder to hear about campus experiences

UJS members joined by PM in Birmingham in wake of report exposing university antisemitism

2 min read

April 1, 2026 17:30

Sir Keir Starmer (centre) with Jewish students in Birmingham (Image: UJS).

Starmer: Iran conflict ‘not our war’, but will impact Britain

Prime minister said the UK was ‘well-placed to weather’ any economic storm

3 min read

April 1, 2026 14:39

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking at Downing Street today (Frank Augstein - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Cross-party call for Iranian regime to face justice for crimes against humanity

Time for Islamic Republic to face full force of international law and proscription of IRGC, say senior politicians

6 min read

March 31, 2026 17:46

Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force march during the force parade during military manoeuvres on January 10, 2025 in Tehran, Iran (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Labour MP had whip removed for interview with anti-Israel blogger, sources suggest

Karl Turner expressed regret over dealing with journalist who was former George Galloway party candidate

2 min read

March 31, 2026 16:50

On a visit to Vienna with my baby son, the weight of fatherhood and family history suddenly hit me

The JC political correspondent’s family adventure across Europe by train

4 min read

March 30, 2026 13:30

Starmer labels Israeli settlements ‘flagrant breach of international law’ and backs labelling of products

The prime minister was also urged to proscribe the IRGC during PMQs

3 min read

March 25, 2026 14:05

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Question on March 25, 2026 (Parliament TV)

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Tories drop ‘Zio’ post candidate after pressure from JC

Zack Polanski criticised for remarks about Jewish community’s ‘perception of unsafety’

Former senior Green politician denounces ‘Corbynite takeover’ of party

Labour ‘pandering’ to extremism to win votes in Birmingham, insiders say

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Labour failing to tackle roots of hatred, say cross-party MPs

Exclusive: MPs and peers condemn ‘disproportionate’ punishment of student who called keffiyeh ‘tea towel’

Reform candidate shared image of infamous mural branded ‘blatantly anti-Jewish’ by Farage

Foreign antisemites should be deported, says Badenoch

Fear of a bloodbath in May has made Labour candidates lunge for the anti-Israel vote

Labour accused of pandering to ‘sectarian agenda’ in battle with Greens for Gaza votes

Keir Starmer attends Jewish students’ mock seder to hear about campus experiences

Starmer: Iran conflict ‘not our war’, but will impact Britain

Cross-party call for Iranian regime to face justice for crimes against humanity

Labour MP had whip removed for interview with anti-Israel blogger, sources suggest

On a visit to Vienna with my baby son, the weight of fatherhood and family history suddenly hit me

Starmer labels Israeli settlements ‘flagrant breach of international law’ and backs labelling of products