29 m. ago Home secretary rejects Zarah Sultana’s claim Labour failing to improve lives – UK politics live

Sultana announced on Thursday she was quitting Labour to join Jeremy Corbyn’s Independent AllianceMy colleague Lauren Almeida, who is running the Guardian’s business live blog, has shared the following:Rachel Reeves has not given herself enough fiscal headroom to manage public finances, Charlie Bean, the former deputy of the Bank of England has said, and has to “neurotically fine tune taxes”.About £10bn – that’s a very small number in the context of overall public spending. Government spending is about one and a quarter trillion so £10bn is a small number and it is a small number in the context of typical forecasting errors.You can’t forecast the future perfectly both because you can’t forecast the economy and you can’t forecast all the elements of public finances . The forecasts are imprecise and there is no way you can avoid that. That is a fact of life.In light of reports of atrocities committed by the Israeli government in Gaza and reports of the UK’s collaboration with Israeli ...

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15 h. ago University of California reiterates ban on student government boycotts of Israel

The president of the University of California has reiterated that student governments are prohibited from financial boycotts of companies associated with any particular country, including Israel

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59 h. ago Miriam Margolyes, Charles Dance, Mike Leigh and Harry and Meghan's 'dear friend' blast the BBC for reporting on Israel in dramatic open letter

The call to arms condemns BBC for being 'crippled by the fear of being perceived as critical of the Israeli government' as they accuse coverage of being 'defined by anti-Palestinian racism'.

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68 h. ago Two arrests after Palestine Action claims blocking Israeli defence firm UK site

Avon and Somerset Police said a 30-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man, both from London, have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

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3 d. ago Palestine Action blocks Israeli defence firm UK site ahead of proscription vote

A spokesperson for the group said activists are ‘successfully disrupting’ business-as-usual at Elbit Systems in Bristol.

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3 d. ago Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson

We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is a government complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissentJuliet Stevenson is an award-winning actorStrongly worded emails are not doing it. Appeals to MPs are not doing it. Taking to the streets in our hundreds of thousands with banners and placards is not working. Elected representatives from every party in parliament have stood in the Commons and asked the government to act. Some government ministers themselves have condemned Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Every poll of public opinion shows that the nation demands we stop arming Israel, and wants to see an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire. But none of these things are working.Keir Starmer and his cabinet remain impervious to all calls for humanitarian intervention, and Israel is still killing children in Gaza with the support of the British government.Juliet Stevenson is an award-winning actor Continue read...

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3 d. ago Human rights group loses challenge over jet part exports amid Gaza conflict

Al-Haq challenged the Government over exports of military equipment to Israel.

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3 d. ago Judges rule against Palestinian human rights group's claim that the UK is illegally arming Israel

A Palestinian human rights group lost a legal challenge against the U.K. government over supplying Israel with parts for F-35 fighter jets

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4 d. ago Human rights group loses legal challenge over exports of jet parts to Israel

Al-Haq challenged the Government over exports of military equipment to Israel.

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4 d. ago Palestinian human rights group loses legal challenge against UK government over arms exports to Israel

Al-Haq had challenged the Department of Business and Trade over its decision to continue supplying parts for F-35 fighter jets to Iraeli forces

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4 d. ago Judges to rule on Palestinian group’s legal action over Israel military exports

Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq is taking legal action against the Department for Business and Trade over exports of parts for F-35 jets.

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4 d. ago Wes Streeting tells Israel to get its own house in order amid Glastonbury ‘death chant’ row

Labour cabinet minister’s message to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government the strongest since the war in Gaza began

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5 d. ago Glastonbury and Israeli government slam Bob Vylan over 'death to the IDF' chants

Bobby Vylan chanted on stage during yesterday's set.

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5 d. ago Wes Streeting hits out at Glastonbury and BBC over ‘death to the IDF’ chants

Labour cabinet minister tells Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government to get its ‘own house in order’ and take violence against Palestinians more seriously

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5 d. ago Israel blasts BBC for failing to cut live broadcast of punk duo Bob Vylan's 'death to the IDF' chants amid calls to arrest singer

In appalling scenes condemned by the British and Israeli governments, the lead singer of Bob Vylan led a crowd of thousands in a chant of 'death, death to the IDF' - the Israel Defence Forces.

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5 d. ago Cops checking Glastonbury videos for 'offences' as acts demand 'free Palestine'

Both bands performed in front of huge crowds at the West Holts stage on Saturday afternoon and criticised the BBC, the government and Israel's military actions in Gaza during their set

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7 d. ago Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel

Iranian Kurdish dissidents have been watching from abroad for signs that the government in Tehran might falter after the 12-day Israel-Iran war

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7 d. ago Members of British Jewish body suspended after criticising Israel to launch appeal

Board of Deputies representatives hit by disciplinary action say they remain ‘deeply concerned’ about Gaza warMiddle East crisis – live updatesThirty-six elected representatives to the UK’s largest Jewish organisation are to appeal against disciplinary action taken against them after they criticised the Israeli government’s operations in Gaza, and have said they remain “deeply concerned” about the war.The Board of Deputies of British Jews announced on Tuesday that five of the group would be suspended for two years and 31 would be reprimanded for breaching its code of conduct after a two-month investigation. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago British mother, 66, says she is 'stranded' in Israel despite signing up for Government evacuation flights and forking out £100s

A British woman stranded in Israel said she has still not heard from the Government about chartered evacuation flights - despite registering and paying hundreds of pounds last week.

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8 d. ago British woman stranded in Israel remains in dark about evacuation flights

Mali Smith, 66, said she has not heard from the Foreign Office since registering for the repatriation flights last week.

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