22 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says ‘we need to dial down the rhetoric’ after synagogue attack

The Tory leader criticised those who say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and use contentious pro-Palestinian slogans.

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27 h. ago Michelle Mone demands Keir Starmer ends 'vendetta' over PPE scandal in extraordinary letter

EXCLUSIVE: In an extraordinary letter seen by the Record, the disgraced Tory peer referred to the murder of two MPs and the suicide of former TV presenter Caroline Flack.

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52 h. ago Frontrunner to become Keir Starmer's deputy demands he stop 'trying to out

Lucy Powell, who was in Sir Keir's Cabinet until earlier this month, hit out as she campaigned for the senior party post vacated by Angela Rayner.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer must accept Israel is committing genocide, Labour members say in major vote

An emergency motion put forward by Unison has called on Keir Starmer to accept Israel is committing genocide and end arms sales to Benjamin Netanyahu's government

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4 d. ago Starmer faces Labour revolt on Gaza with conference motion condemning Israel 'genocide' and demanding full arms embargo and fresh sanctions

Activists want the party conference to accept the findings of a UN commission of inquiry that determined that Israel had committed 'genocide' and back a full arms embargo and further sanctions.

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4 d. ago Skint families demand urgent wealth tax backed even by millionaires

A huge new poll of more than 45,000 people has found raising taxes on the super-wealthy is the public's third most popular demand to Keir Starmer

Economics

6 d. ago Steve Coogan, Paloma Faith and Maxine Peake head list of luvvies demanding Keir Starmer say Israel have committed genocide in Gaza

In a video released by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) ahead of the Labour Party conference, Steve Coogan, 59, said: 'Keir Starmer says it's not genocide, it is genocide.'

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6 d. ago Steve Coogan among celebrities urging Starmer to say Israel committing genocide

It comes ahead of the Labour Party conference, which is being held in Liverpool from Sunday.

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7 d. ago Confusion reigns over Starmer's digital ID cards drive as minister dismisses civil liberties fears by saying they WON'T be compulsory... unless you want a job

The Prime Minister is set to officially unveil his 'dystopian' scheme in London today as his Government scrambles to curb illegal migration.

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer faces demands to clarify how controversial digital ID scheme will actually work as unanswered questions mount up after ministers said they WON'T be mandatory for Brits

The Prime Minister is set to officially unveil his 'dystopian' scheme in London today as his Government scrambles to curb illegal migration.

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7 d. ago Recognising statehood is the minimum – now the EU must protect Palestine with money

As Europe’s socialist leaders, we call for a trade deal and aid package for Palestine – along with sanctions on Israel to halt the genocideApplause rang out through the UN general assembly this month after it endorsed the so-called New York declaration on the revival of the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. Adopted by a large majority, 142 countries, this initiative from France and Saudi Arabia offers a rare glimmer of hope in one of the most devastating crises of our time.Separately, the conclusions of the UN commission of inquiry have echoed what human rights organisations and genocide experts have been warning for months: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. As the ground invasion of Gaza City intensifies, the international community has a legal and moral obligation to act. This includes the immediate imposition of sanctions on Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to halt war crimes.Pedro Sánchez is the president of the Socialist International, secretary general of PS...

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7 d. ago Over 400,000 sign petition demanding Keir Starmer scraps ID cards

The Prime Minister is expected to confirm plans for a so-called 'Brit card' on Friday amid fears the black economy is convincing Channel migrants to cross in small boats

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8 d. ago Donald Trump steps in to stop Israel being banned from next year's US World Cup

The United Nations this week urged organizations to suspend Israeli sporting teams over the war in Gaza after a UN commission said Israel is committing genocide.

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1 week ago The consensus is clear: it’s genocide. Now will international law die in Gaza too? | Raji Sourani

There is a UN convention for exactly this kind of horror: the convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. When will the world act on it?Raji Sourani is the coordinator of the Palestinian legal team at the international criminal court (ICC)Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide in Gaza. That is the conclusion of a UN commission report. Since the release of the report last week, Palestine has finally been recognised as an independent state by the UK and a number of other countries. In his announcement at the weekend, Keir Starmer called the death and destruction in Gaza “utterly intolerable”. This recognition comes too late and is still conditional, but has the UK government indeed now stopped tolerating Israel’s devastation of Gaza? Has anything changed for the people there who are being starved and bombed? Far from it.Even as the UN publishes the findings of its independent commission, and a flag is raised outside the Palestinian mission in ...

Society

1 week ago Top Scottish Labour donor demands UK Government 'reset' and claims Keir Starmer has failed on economy

EXCLUSIVE: Lord Haughey said the Labour Government's policies on economic growth had not worked.

Politics

1 week ago Welsh council orders review of huge pension fund investments

A Monmouthshire County Council meeting discussed its own investments in light of a UN inquiry which concluded Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Economics

2 w. ago Sadiq Khan accuses Israel of committing 'genocide' in Gaza putting himself at odds with Keir Starmer

The Mayor of London said his conclusion was ‘inescapable’ after the UN found that Benjamin Netenyahu’s administration ‘orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years’

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2 w. ago Now the UN says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, too. How can western governments still refuse to act? | Steve Crawshaw

The UN commission of inquiry’s report makes it almost impossible for Israel – and its allies – to maintain the narrative that criticism of it is part of an antisemitic plotThe conclusion of a UN commission of inquiry that Israel has committed genocide in the war in Gaza, and that its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other Israeli leaders are responsible for inciting that genocide, changes little in legal terms. The international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague has yet to issue its final ruling in the genocide case that South Africa brought against Israel last year.Politically, however, this latest report (officially a “conference room paper”, intended to aid discussion of the themes) may prove to be one of the final nails in the coffin of the shameless but still-continuing narrative from Netanyahu and his allies that any talk of Israeli crimes is part of an antisemitic plot – or, to use Netanyahu’s favourite phrase, “a blood libel”.Steve Crawshaw is the author of Prosecut...

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2 w. ago Now, more proof that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. How can western governments still refuse to act? | Steve Crawshaw

The UN commission of inquiry’s report makes it almost impossible for Israel – and its allies – to maintain the narrative that criticism of it is part of an antisemitic plotThe conclusion of a UN commission of inquiry that Israel has committed genocide in the war in Gaza, and that its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other Israeli leaders are responsible for inciting that genocide, changes little in legal terms. The international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague has yet to issue its final ruling in the genocide case that South Africa brought against Israel last year.Politically, however, this latest report (officially a “conference room paper”, intended to aid discussion of the themes) may prove to be one of the final nails in the coffin of the shameless but still-continuing narrative from Netanyahu and his allies that any talk of Israeli crimes is part of an antisemitic plot – or, to use Netanyahu’s favourite phrase, “a blood libel”.Steve Crawshaw is the author of Prosecut...

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2 w. ago Palestine’s lone runner at the World Athletics Championships has a message for those back home

Mohammed Dwedar competed in the men’s 800m in Tokyo on the day a UN commission of inquiry declared Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

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