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

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Sir Keir Starmer during his final PMQs as prime minister on July 15, 2026 (Parliament TV).

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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

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IRGC to be proscribed as national security threat

The measures were enabled by the passage of the new National Security (State Threats) Act after a series of Iran-linked attacks against the Jewish community

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosts a reception at number 10 Downing Street for the Jewish community.(Image: Suzanne Plunkett/PA Wire)

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Burnham’s disappointing cop out over the genocide libel against Israel

To fight antisemitism seriously is not merely to denounce abuse after it appears – it is to reject the falsehoods that give it moral permission

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

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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

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

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Starmer tackled antisemitism in opposition – but then helped fuel it in power

The last two years will go down as the worst in living memory for relations with Israel. The only question that remains now is how much worse this will get under Andy Burnham

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Keir deserves the credit for stamping out Labour antisemitism

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announces his resignation outside Number 10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026 (Getty Images)

Starmer hails ‘ripping out poison of antisemitism’ from Labour in resignation speech

The prime minister praised his wife, who is Jewish, as ‘a rock by my side through good times and bad’

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Sir Keir Starmer and his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer, on the steps of 10 Downing Street after his resignation speech on June 22, 2026 (PA)

No charity should be supporting Israeli settlements, Starmer tells MPs

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Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

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Sir Keir Starmer

This weekend’s pro-Iran march underlines how we have chosen to lose the fight against extremists

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

Dame Priti Patel accuses government of ‘lying’ to downplay scale of aid going into Gaza

Three new Jewish peers announced as Prime Minister takes his leave

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

Foreign Office slams Save The Children UK over ‘divisive, provocative and factually inaccurate’ Gaza post

Starmer highlights fight against antisemitism at final PMQs outing

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