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UK Government announces £25m funding for Jewish community security after Golders Green attack

The funding will be aimed at boosting police patrols and protections around synagogues, schools and community centres.

Founder of Faith Matters & Tell MAMA Fiyaz Mughal: “Where are the marches or placards of solidarity with Britain’s Jews?”

“It seems that many in anti-racist groups and organisations look the other way when it comes to protecting basic human rights when Jews in Britain are attacked,” says Mr Mughal in an op-ed for LBC.

Two Jewish people stabbed in London amid rising antisemitic attacks

The European Jewish Congress condemns the antisemitic attack in London, in which two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, a neighbourhood that has faced several antisemitic attacks over the past few weeks.

UK Prime Minister confirms that legislation to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will be introduced in the next session of Parliament

Speaking during a solidarity visit to Kenton United Synagogue in north-west London, Starmer told the Jewish Chronicle that the Government would bring forward the necessary legislation “as soon as we can” and “in a few weeks’ time” once Parliament returns.

Fire at a Jewish-owned shop in Watford

Officers were called to reports that a fire door had been set alight and antisemitic graffiti had been left on a building in Watford.

17-year-old teenager charged with Kenton synagogue arson

The attack was the latest in a string of separate incidents that have targeted Jewish sites in London.

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