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Iran blackmails expats in UK to go to pro-Palestine protests

Dissidents in Britain forced to comply by regime agents using threats against captive relatives in the Islamic Republic

6 min read

Show of support for Islamic Republic at pro-Palestine demonstration in London earlier this year

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Leon Neal/PA Wire)

Miliband demands settler violence crackdown in first call with Israeli foreign minister

2 min read

Former defence secretary Sir Grant Shapps outside Downing Street (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images).

Blocking Sir Grant Shapps from standing at next general election is ‘unfathomable’ says ex-minister’s local association

1 min read

Restore Britain MP Rupert Lowe (Image: Ben Whitley/PA Wire)

Tories ‘must end arrangement’ giving Restore’s Rupert Lowe seat on top Commons committee

3 min read

Exclusive: Trade embargo against Israeli settlements ‘runs risk of damaging the NHS’

Warning about impact on health service comes as government is believed to be considering action over West Bank

2 min read

August 5, 2026 10:38

Settlement of Gilo, located in the West Bank south of Jerusalem (Getty)

Senior Labour sources tell JC: No chance Jeremy Corbyn can rejoin after his ally Diane Abbott was readmitted

Any attempt by former party leader ‘wouldn’t get past National Executive Committee’

2 min read

August 3, 2026 18:29

Then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2016 with Diane Abbot, his ally and at the time shadow health secretary (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)

Javier Bardem claims Israel stands to benefit from Spanish migrant crisis

‘We don’t know who engineered this crisis, but we know who benefits from a weakened, destabilised Spain,’ the actor said

2 min read

August 2, 2026 14:30

Spanish actor Javier Bardem (Photo: Getty)

Boy George splits from ‘gutless’ label manager over Israel solidarity song

The Culture Club frontman said he is ‘losing a few people’ from his life by ‘standing up for Jewish friends’

1 min read

August 2, 2026 14:27

Boy George performing at the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final in May (Getty Images)

Revealed: Birmingham Green cabinet member’s October 7 remarks

Kamal Hawwash was speaking on Algerian TV as Hamas’ assault on southern Israel was unfolding

4 min read

July 30, 2026 08:15

Kamel Hawwash speaking on Algerian TV on October 7, 2023 (Image: Almagharibia TV/ YouTube screenshot).

This charming man... or bigmouth strikes again: what should Britain’s Jews expect from our Smiths fan PM Andy Burnham?

Opening chapter of his premiership has been sure-footed bar a couple of mishaps – but an early general election could change everything

4 min read

July 28, 2026 14:19

Andy Burnham at No10 North at Heron House in Manchester last Friday (Christopher Furlong/Getty)

New Foreign Office minister said Palestinians are subject to a ‘system of legal apartheid’

Uma Kumaran’s comments made just two weeks before her appointment by Andy Burnham have been labelled ‘inflammatory and false’

4 min read

July 23, 2026 16:28

MP Uma Kumaran speaks during a reception in Downing Street in 2025 (Image: Getty)

Andy Burnham’s Israel policy is about appeasing Labour backbenchers – not UK national interests, says Kemi Badenoch

‘There are British citizens alive today because of intelligence Israel gave us,’ the opposition leader said

2 min read

July 23, 2026 12:56

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), in central London. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire).

Which Jewish ministers are on Andy Burnham's frontbench?

Sarah Sackman, Georgia Gould and Baroness Merron are among those to retain their jobs

2 min read

July 23, 2026 10:46

Justice Minister Sarah Sackman, MP for Finchley and Golders Green (Image: Sarah Sackman).

With ‘unapologetic Zionist’ Rachel Reeves out, who now will hold the line for Israel?

But amid some communal panic, Andy Burnham’s emerging cabinet could have been a lot worse

3 min read

July 21, 2026 14:00

Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Tuesday July 21, 2026. (Image: Eddie Mulholland/Daily Telegraph/PA Wire)

Ed Miliband appointed as foreign secretary by Andy Burnham

‘I will carry my parents' faith in that spirit of Britain to my role representing our country’, the former Labour leader said

3 min read

July 21, 2026 10:26

New Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband leaving 10 Downing Street on Monday (Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer’s attorney general Lord Hermer out of Andy Burnham’s new government

Rachel Reeves, David Lammy and Steve Reed also among cabinet members heading to the backbenches

2 min read

July 20, 2026 17:04

Attorney General Lord Hermer (Image: Getty)

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Iran blackmails expats in UK to go to pro-Palestine protests

Miliband demands settler violence crackdown in first call with Israeli foreign minister

Blocking Sir Grant Shapps from standing at next general election is ‘unfathomable’ says ex-minister’s local association

Tories ‘must end arrangement’ giving Restore’s Rupert Lowe seat on top Commons committee

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Ed Miliband appointed as foreign secretary by Andy Burnham

Sir Keir Starmer’s attorney general Lord Hermer out of Andy Burnham’s new government