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VAT on independent schools

What price would you be willing to pay to give your child a Jewish education?

The JC explores what Labour’s policy of VAT on private schools would mean to parents and Jewish school leaders

By Simon Rocker

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The head of Naima JPS, Bill Pratt, says that VAT on school fees would impact many parents (Photo: Naima JPS)

The funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria in April. Labour is reportedly unlikely to rush into proscribing the group in government (Photo via Getty Images)

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Labour expected to delay proscribing IRGC

By Jane Prinsley

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Attorney General Richard Hermer KC makes his way to Number 10 for his first day as a cabinet minister on 6 July (Photo by Alex McBride/Getty Images)

By Daniel Finkelstein

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant have had arrest warrants sought by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Labour's new Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, at an anti-Israel protest in 2014 (Photo: X)

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Labour’s new Justice Secretary was accused of encouraging ‘mob rule’ at pro-BDS protest

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy makes his way along the East Gallery to attend the State Banquet for Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako of Japan at Buckingham Palace on June 25, 2024 in London, England. The Japanese royal couple arrived in Britain for a three-day state visit hosted by King Charles III. (Photo by Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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New Foreign Secretary David Lammy repeats call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

By JC Reporter

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Isaac Herzog meets with Keir Starmer at an LFI event (LFI)

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Netanyahu and Herzog congratulate Starmer and pledge to further UK-Israel friendship

By Jane Prinsley

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Diane Abbott wins Hackney North seat despite ‘Jews don’t experience racism’ comment

The Conservatives’ Orthodox Jewish candidate, David Landau, was beaten into third place

By Simon Rocker

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Britain's opposition Labour party MP Diane Abbott attends an anti-government protest calling for the Prime Minister's resignation, outside Downing Street in central London on September 7, 2019. - Britain's upper house on Friday gave final approval to a law that would force Boris Johnson to delay Brexit, in a fresh setback for the British Prime Minister who is struggling in his bid to call an early election. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

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By Felix Pope

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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said Sir Keir was to become prime minister at a time of 'polarisation, extremism and conflict' (Photo: Chief Rabbi's Office)

Labour veteran Dame Margaret Hodge elevated to House of Lords

Former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, ex-PM Theresa May & 1922 Committee Chair Sir Graham Brady also set to become peers

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 4, 2024 20:59

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Parliamentary Chair of JLM, Dame Margaret Hodge MP, attends a press conference on the findings of The Equality and Human Rights Commission into antisemitism in the Labour Party at the offices of Mischon de Raya on October 29, 2020 in London, England. The Equality And Human Rights Commission published its report into anti-semitism in the Labour Party under the rule of former leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn was suspended after his response to the report. Labour said: "In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour Party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation." (Photo by Ian Vogler - Pool/Getty Images)

Labour to delay recognition of Palestinian state

Sir Keir Starmer’s advisers are reportedly concerned early acknowledgement may create a rift with Biden

By Felix Pope

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June 28, 2024 14:34

The Labour Party will recognise a Palestinian state as a 'contribution' to a renewed peace process (Photo: Cameron Smith/Getty Images)

Let’s talk schools: Labour’s VAT policy could spell disaster

The party needs to refine its flagship proposal to take account of independent faith schools

By Raisel Freedman

2 min read

June 27, 2024 10:49

Pardes House Grammar - one of the many independent schools serving the Strictly Orthodox community

By Melanie Phillips

The only question is how bad Labour will be for the Jews

Starmer is a human rights lawyer – and human rights law has been turned into a global weapon in the armoury of those intent upon the destruction of Israel, which spells trouble

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June 27, 2024 08:06

Sir Keir Starmer (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Two state solution further away than when I wrote about it 50 years ago in JC, says Lord Mandelson

Labour mandarin made the comment at a Yom Ha’atzmaut event at the Israeli Embassy

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

June 26, 2024 11:11

Lord Peter Mandelson at the Labour Party conference, October 2023 (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan taken to task at first-ever ‘antisemitism’ hustings

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By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Campaign Against Antisemitism hustings on 24.06.24. Pictured: Campaign Against Antisemitism Chief Executive Gideon Falter (Left), Conservative Tom Tugendhat (Centre), Labour's Alex Norris (Right)

Starmer: Jeremy Corbyn would have been a better PM than Boris Johnson

The Labour leader made the remark on BBC Question TIme

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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June 21, 2024 09:16

Keir Starmer and Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

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What price would you be willing to pay to give your child a Jewish education?

Labour expected to delay proscribing IRGC

Under Labour, the debate on Israel is only just beginning

Labour expected to drop challenge to ICC Netanyahu arrest warrant

Labour’s new Justice Secretary was accused of encouraging ‘mob rule’ at pro-BDS protest

New Foreign Secretary David Lammy repeats call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Netanyahu and Herzog congratulate Starmer and pledge to further UK-Israel friendship

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