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Louise Haigh rebuked by Israeli embassy after saying government wouldn’t ‘stand by while innocent children are killed in Gaza’

The first secretary of state has previously called Israel’s actions in the Strip a ‘genocide’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

First Secretary of State Louise Haigh speaking during the TUC Congress at the Brighton Centre. (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Ed Miliband in the House of Commons on September 8, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

By The JC Leader

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

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Jeremy Corbyn

Ofcom throws out Corbyn complaint over TV remark that antisemitic ‘rot’ started during his leadership of Labour

By Mark Wood

3 min read

Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets Jewish community leaders in 10 Downing Street on September 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Dov Forman

Last week, Andy Burnham met with the Jewish community – only to throw it under the bus two days later

4 min read

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Office of the Chief Rabbi)

By The JC Leader

Labour must listen to Jewish leaders about the dangers of sanctioning Israel

2 min read

Then ambassador Matthew Gould visits the site where a rocket from the Gaza Strip landed in Be'er Sheva, Israel, March 2011 (Uriel Sinai/Getty)

Settlements

Former UK ambassador to Israel warns sanctions against settlements may backfire

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

4 min read

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Diane Abbott ‘about to be welcomed back to Labour’ say party sources

Whip ‘to be restored’ to the Mother of the House a year after she said she did not regret saying Jews do not experience racism

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

July 30, 2026 18:34

By Harry Saul Markham

Our flag is not an obstacle to a multicultural society – it is the precondition for one

If Sarah Sackman and others on the left really fear the presence of the far-right and their abuse of our national symbols, then that makes reclaiming them not merely preferable, but an urgent responsibility

6 min read

July 28, 2026 18:06

The Mall is decorated with Union Jack flags and the procession goes past at the start of the King's Birthday Parade on June 13, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Lord Polak

Britain is no longer a friend of Israel – and under Andy Burnham, we may become a foe

The government has failed to learn that it will never appease the mob. It is still condemned by the vicious antisemites taking over our streets as being insufficiently hostile to the Jewish state

3 min read

July 16, 2026 17:34

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum on June 29, 2026 in Manchester (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

US warning underscores why anti-Israel trade measures would be an act of national self-harm

Undermining ties with Britain’s chief military ally and trading partner as well as the Jewish state – a technological and defence powerhouse – would carry enormous strategic costs

2 min read

July 15, 2026 09:58

Andy Burnham warns he may ban Israeli settlement goods

Prime minister-in-waiting said ‘we’ve got to put more pressure’ on Netanyahu government

By JC Reporter

1 min read

July 9, 2026 17:34

Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum on June 29, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Starmer restored Labour’s credibility on antisemitism – his successor's task will be to restore Britain’s

The community needs a government ready to repair the UK’s relationship with Israel and confront those who demonise the Jewish state and, all too often, this country’s Jews

2 min read

June 26, 2026 11:45

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sets out plans to step down outside 10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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)

By Russell Langer

Andy Burnham’s test is whether he confronts the extremism threatening British Jews

He inherits a country in which antisemitism has become more normalised and more violent. He now needs to move faster and act firmer than his predecessor in his efforts to protect the community

3 min read

June 23, 2026 18:01

Andy Burnham speaks as he celebrates his victory in the Makerfield by-election on June 19, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

Andy Burnham was ‘absent’ from battle against Corbyn, say Labour insiders

Burnham did not resign during shadow minister coup against the hard-left former party leader

By JC Reporter

1 min read

June 23, 2026 14:25

Burnham speaks as he celebrates his victory in the Makerfield by-election (Photo by Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images)

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Labour

Louise Haigh rebuked by Israeli embassy after saying government wouldn’t ‘stand by while innocent children are killed in Gaza’

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

Ofcom throws out Corbyn complaint over TV remark that antisemitic ‘rot’ started during his leadership of Labour

Last week, Andy Burnham met with the Jewish community – only to throw it under the bus two days later

Labour must listen to Jewish leaders about the dangers of sanctioning Israel

Former UK ambassador to Israel warns sanctions against settlements may backfire

Why Labour’s attacks on Israel are really about winning back the Muslim vote

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