Lorin Bell-Cross

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Baroness Berger tells the government it’s not too late to stop assisted dying bill

The Jewish Labour peer says in an interview with the JC that the legislation ‘risks leaving vulnerable people exposed to coercion and abuse’

5 min read

Luciana Berger and Parliament (Images: Getty and Alamy)

A member of the public holds a protest sign which reads 'Football Shouldn't Cover Up Genocide' outside the stadium prior to the UEFA Europa League match between Aston Villa FC and Maccabi Tel Aviv at Villa Park on November 06, 2025 (Getty Images)

West Midlands Police repeat claims ‘trashed by the Dutch police’ in letter to key parliamentary committee

5 min read

Nigel Farage at his party's annual conference (Image: Getty).

Jewish Labour peer urges Farage to ‘come clean’ over alleged antisemitic comments

2 min read

Israeli president Isaac Herzog (centre) with Mark Sewards (third from the right) and other Labour Parliamentarians (Image: LFI)

Leeds MP appointed new Labour Friends of Israel chair

1 min read

Aged 21, has Dov Forman transformed how British politicians talk to the public?

A social media innovator, the great-grandson of Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert is an essential member of ‘Team Jenrick’

4 min read

November 21, 2025 12:20

Dov Forman (left) and Robert Jenrick (Image: Dov Forman/X).

Shabana Mahmood reveals she was labelled an ‘infidel’ by Gaza campaigners

The home secretary told a BBC podcast about the abuse she faced in the run-up to the 2024 election

2 min read

November 20, 2025 16:16

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (Photo: Getty)

Jewish think-tank boss defects from the Conservatives to become Reform UK’s chief advisor on global affairs

Dr Alan Mendoza, husband of JLC chief executive Claudia Mendoza, is also a councillor on Westminster City Council

1 min read

November 20, 2025 10:09

L-R Dr Alan Mendoza, former US senator Ben Cardin, anti-Kremlin campaigner Sir William Browder and former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP (Image: Alan Mendoza/X)

Government commissions former DPP to review legal protections against ‘hate and intimidation’ following Heaton Park attack

Lord Macdonald is expected to conclude the review by February

1 min read

November 19, 2025 13:17

A police officer stands outside Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester (Getty Images)

Claim Farage chanted ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them’ as a teenager ‘without foundation’ insists Reform

The party said the allegations from its leader’s former classmates, published in the Guardian, are part of an effort to ‘discredit’ him

2 min read

November 19, 2025 12:05

Nigel Farage has declined to sack Zia Yusuf from Reform UK after the former party chair's X account liked an antisemitic tweet (Image: Getty)

Revealed: Dutch official dossier undermines West Midlands Police ‘Israeli hooligan’ claims

MPs call for transparency after document seen by JC raises new concerns over Maccabi Tel Aviv ban

6 min read

November 19, 2025 11:51

Maccabi supporters wave yellow flags next to Israeli flags during the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024. (Image: Getty)

Foreign Office forced to clarify that government officials have not held meetings with Hamas

Ministers had initially not given a clear answer to Lord Leigh but confirmed no such meetings had taken place following a JC query

3 min read

November 18, 2025 10:50

Entrance sign at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Westminster, London (Getty Images)

UK will not follow Germany in reversing Israel arms ban

Israel’s foreign minister said other countries should stop refusing to sell Israel weapons

1 min read

November 17, 2025 17:55

Anti-Israel protesters at Wimbledon. Credit: Campaign Against Arms Trade, Twitter/X

Jewish peer slams ‘deeply problematic’ assisted dying debate which could force him to break Shabbat

As the high-profile bill is not government legislation, it is being debated on Fridays

2 min read

November 14, 2025 12:13

Conservative Peer Lord Polak (Image: Parliament TV).

Keir Starmer ‘more worried’ about social cohesion than he has been in years

The Prime Minister spoke about the “terrible” terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester

2 min read

November 14, 2025 10:21

Keir Starmer hosted an Interfaith reception at Number 10 (Photo: Lauren Hurley/No. 10 Downing Street)

Starmer pays tribute to Mervyn Kersh and Manfred Goldberg at the start of PMQs

The prime minister said that Manfred Goldberg’s memory meant ‘we must ensure that “never again” means never again’

2 min read

November 12, 2025 17:10

Mervyn Kersh, 100, with a photo of himself as a young soldier.

Lisa Nandy admits ‘failings’ of BBC Arabic news service, but rejects accusations of institutional bias

The Culture Secretary addressed the House of Commons in the wake of Tim Davie’s and Deborah Turness’s resignations

2 min read

November 12, 2025 11:54

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Latest from Lorin Bell-Cross

Baroness Berger tells the government it’s not too late to stop assisted dying bill

West Midlands Police repeat claims ‘trashed by the Dutch police’ in letter to key parliamentary committee

Jewish Labour peer urges Farage to ‘come clean’ over alleged antisemitic comments

Leeds MP appointed new Labour Friends of Israel chair

More from Lorin Bell-Cross

Aged 21, has Dov Forman transformed how British politicians talk to the public?

Shabana Mahmood reveals she was labelled an ‘infidel’ by Gaza campaigners

Jewish think-tank boss defects from the Conservatives to become Reform UK’s chief advisor on global affairs

Government commissions former DPP to review legal protections against ‘hate and intimidation’ following Heaton Park attack

Claim Farage chanted ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them’ as a teenager ‘without foundation’ insists Reform

Revealed: Dutch official dossier undermines West Midlands Police ‘Israeli hooligan’ claims

Foreign Office forced to clarify that government officials have not held meetings with Hamas

UK will not follow Germany in reversing Israel arms ban

Jewish peer slams ‘deeply problematic’ assisted dying debate which could force him to break Shabbat

Keir Starmer ‘more worried’ about social cohesion than he has been in years

Starmer pays tribute to Mervyn Kersh and Manfred Goldberg at the start of PMQs

Lisa Nandy admits ‘failings’ of BBC Arabic news service, but rejects accusations of institutional bias