UK Labour Party

Over 1,000 British councilors pledge to uphold Palestine rights, stand against Israel's 'genocide'

Councilors in the UK are individuals elected by local residents to serve as representatives on local councils (including unitary, county, district, borough, and parish councils).

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Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in London, in January.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks at the London Tech Week in London, Britain, June 12, 2023.

Brexit was 'biggest act of self harm,' reversing it is 'ultimate goal,' London Mayor Khan says

Khan has declared that he wants Britain to eventually rejoin the EU, calling for a return to the single market and the customs union.

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BRITAIN'S PRIME Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, ahead of a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, January 29, 2026.

Trump warns Britain on China business ventures, as Starmer calls for closer relationship

In three-hour talks with President Xi Jinping on Thursday, the British leader called for a "more sophisticated relationship" with improved market access, lower tariffs and investment deals.

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BDS marks its 20th anniversary.

UK Labour councils could face legal action unless they stop BDS activity

This comes after multiple local authorities voted not to work with firms that they deem to be “complicit in Israeli war crimes...or somehow benefit from activity in the West Bank."

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UK to resume UNRWA funding, says controversial aid org. will ensure neutrality

The foreign secretary said the government will now provide £21 million in new funding and that UNRWA had taken steps to “ensure it meets the highest standards of neutrality."

JULY 19, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TV and UNRWA schoolbooks teach Palestinian children to hate Israel and the Jews, the writer asserts.

Despite landslide victory, there may be trouble ahead for UK government - opinion

Despite Starmer’s largely successful efforts to disempower the hard Left within his party to make it electable after the Corbyn years, a sizeable rump of pro-Corbynites remains.

JULY 16, 2024ByNEVILLE TELLER
NEWLY ELECTED BRITISH MPs gather in the House of Commons Chamber for a group photo in London, last week. For one bloc of voters, a foreign war 3,000 miles away was more important than all the usual domestic concerns, the writer says.

British FM Lammy calls for Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, along with two-state solution

Lammy also spoke about the Labour government’s opposition to Israeli West Bank settlement activity and its commitment to a reformed Palestinian Authority.

JULY 15, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
British Foreign Minister David Lammy meets with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, 14 July 2024

Ex-UK Labour MP: No Palestinian state until Israel's security guaranteed

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Zvika Klein.

JULY 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dame Louise Ellman appears on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

Keir Starmer’s gov’t expected to drop Netanyahu’s ICC challenge - report

The UK has until Friday to submit a fall claim, but the Guardian reported it was unlikely to go ahead with the filing.

JULY 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan speaks during an interview in The Hague, earlier this year.

Calls to violence, BDS, Hamas ties: New UK MPs take hardline anti-Israel stances

A handful of new British MPs place support for Gaza as their top priority, wear keffiyehs, and shun Israel. One has a brother who founded an Islamist pro-Hamas org.

JULY 7, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
AN ANTI-ISRAEL protest takes place outside a Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea, in Manchester, in February. A Henry Jackson Society poll shows that one-third of British Muslims want implementation of Sharia law in the UK.

Despite Labour Party win, MPs lose seats to pro-Palestinian opponents

In four areas with a large percentage of Muslim constituents, seasoned Labour MPs lost their seats to independent candidates running on pro-Palestinian campaigns.

JULY 5, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Britain's Shadow Paymaster General, Jonathan Ashworth, delivers his keynote speech on the final day of the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, October 11, 2023

Time for change: A new prime minister in No. 10 Downing Street - comment

Now, after 14 years, the time for change has come again, and Brits will be governed by a Labour government for the foreseeable future.

JULY 5, 2024ByORI LEWIS
A PUB FESTOONED with England’s flag on election day in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, yesterday.

Meet Keir Starmer's Jewish wife, bringing Shabbat to No. 10 Downing Street

From regularly observing Shabbat to maintaining strong connections with the Jewish community, Victoria's influence extends beyond the domestic sphere.

JULY 5, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer walk outside a polling station during the general election in London, Britain, July 4, 2024.

Controversial political figure Jeremy Corbyn defeats former party Labour to win parliament seat

Jeremy Corbyn, who publicly called Hamas his "friends" and claimed the IDF committed acts of terror in Gaza, has won back his seat in UK parliament.

JULY 5, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill greets former leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn as people protest during a march in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, April 27, 2024.