Sir Keir Starmer

‘It was tough’, says Herzog about his tense meeting with Starmer at Number 10

Despite protests against his visit, the Israeli president appealed to ‘a very decent nation’ following a dramatic meeting with the PM

By Jane Prinsley

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes Israel's President Isaac Herzog to 10 Downing Street (Photo by Alberto Pezzali - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Keir Starmer welcomes Israel's President Isaac Herzog to 10 Downing Street (photo: Getty Images)

Hamas

President Herzog interview: ‘British Jews feel besieged – Starmer must do more to fight antisemitism’

By Daniel Schwammenthal

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President Isaac Herzog

Herzog to warn Starmer against ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’

By Jacob Jaffa

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 5: Newly appointed UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaves Number 10 Downing Street as Keir Starmer holds a cabinet reshuffle after the resignation of Angela Rayner, on September 5, 2025 in London, England. Housing Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has resigned after the Prime Minister's Ethics Advisor, Sir Laurie Magnus, found that although Rayner had "acted with integrity" she had broken the ministerial code after underpaying stamp duty tax of Â£40,000 on her new home in Hove. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer

Which is the real Shabana Mahmood?

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

Qatar

Starmer expresses ‘support and solidarity’ for Qatar after Israel targets Hamas leadership

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Protesters hold placards and wave flags during a 'march against antisemitism' demonstration in central London on September 7 (Image: Getty)

By Jake Wallis Simons

Thousands marched against antisemitism – and Starmer’s Labour was nowhere to be seen

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Newly appointed UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaves Number 10 Downing Street as Keir Starmer holds a cabinet reshuffle on September 5, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Alex Hearn

Starmer appointed Mahmood to blunt Reform’s rise – but can she reassure British Jews?

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By Stephen Pollard

Starmer discusses statecraft with a leader who funds terrorists

Mahmoud Abbas’s trip to London comes as Starmer’s office refuses to confirm whether the PM will meet the Israeli president when he visits later this week

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September 8, 2025 13:59

Starmer (R) meets Abbas at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 25, 2024. (Photo by LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

By Jake Wallis Simons

The Green-Green alliance – Britain’s new natural home for the radical fringes

How can a Jewish political leader, even one of an irredeemably hard-left persuasion, act as the midwife to one of the darkest political forces facing British Jews today?

3 min read

September 4, 2025 16:00

By Tom Harris

My message to Labour: Palestine cannot be summoned into existence by pogrom or fiat

Britain used to pride itself on its policy of not negotiating with terrorists. Now we’re in danger of rewarding them

3 min read

September 3, 2025 16:04

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state, July 29, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Downing Street defends appointment of former Columbia University chief who oversaw ‘ground zero for campus antisemitism’

Baroness Shafik was accused of ‘failing to protect Jewish students’ during her tenure at the New York college

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

September 1, 2025 13:36

Former Columbia Univerity President Baroness Minouche Shafik has been appointed to a new role by Sir Keir Starmer. (Photo by Indy Scholtens/Getty Images)

By Kemi Badenoch

Starmer’s decision to reward Hamas with statehood emboldens extremists and betrays Britain

The PM’s grandstanding on Palestinian statehood exposes a deep rot at the heart of government

3 min read

August 22, 2025 09:54

A group of peers, including some of the UK's foremost legal minds, has suggested that the UK's recognition of Palestine may breach international law (Image: Getty)

Palestine Action are banned because they targeted Jewish businesses, Starmer tells Labour NEC

The prime minister was challenged at a meeting of Labour’s governing body about the move to ban the group under the Terrorism Act

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

August 7, 2025 13:53

Protesters show a banner reading 'We are all Palestine Action' during a Palestine Action demonstration at Trafalgar Square on June 23, 2025 in London, England. (Getty Images)

Starmer says Hamas must have nothing to do with any future Palestinian state

The prime minister didn’t say whether recognition would take place if Hamas continue to hold hostages

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

August 6, 2025 16:00

Starmer’s Palestine recognition plan under fire from some Labour MPs amid Hamas praise

One MP described the move as an ‘empty gesture at best and providing a win to Hamas at worst’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

August 5, 2025 14:47

Government set to allow 300 sick Gazans to come to UK and receive NHS treatment

Some Labour MPs have called on the government to create a bespoke refugee scheme for Palestinians

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

August 3, 2025 11:39

British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on March 26, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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Sir Keir Starmer

‘It was tough’, says Herzog about his tense meeting with Starmer at Number 10

President Herzog interview: ‘British Jews feel besieged – Starmer must do more to fight antisemitism’

Herzog to warn Starmer against ‘echoing Hamas propaganda’

Which is the real Shabana Mahmood?

Starmer expresses ‘support and solidarity’ for Qatar after Israel targets Hamas leadership

Thousands marched against antisemitism – and Starmer’s Labour was nowhere to be seen

Starmer appointed Mahmood to blunt Reform’s rise – but can she reassure British Jews?

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