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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."

BDS marks its 20th anniversary.
MAYOR OF London Sadiq Khan reacts ahead of a speech by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 30, 2025.

London mayor tried to block London vigil for Bondi victims, Hanukkah event, says CAA Gideon Falter

British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaks on stage, as Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy listens, at Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 29, 2025.

UK Labour party votes that Israel is committing genocide, pro-Palestine groups celebrate

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears on stage at Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025.

'Fight of our lives': UK's Starmer urges Labour to unite against 'racist' Reform policy


UK Labour lawmaker quits policy role over party's Gaza stance

Last week, Starmer said a ceasefire at this stage would leave Hamas with the infrastructure and capability to carry out the sort of attack it launched on Oct. 7 on Israel.

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer attend a general election campaign meeting in Harlow, Britain November 5, 2019.

UK's Labour erases apartheid claims from anti-Israel event, Corbyn irate

Renaming a Palestinian Solidarity Campaign event, to exclude accusations of apartheid against Israel, has ruffled more than a few feathers.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attend a protest following a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in London, Britain May 22, 2021.

Suspended UK MP Diane Abbott claims unfairness in antisemitism probe

Abbott wrote that “As a Black woman, and someone on the left of the Labour Party...I will not get a fair hearing.”

 Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn applauds after the speech of Labour party MP and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott during the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, Britain September 22, 2019.

UK Labour MP suspended after saying Jews don't experience racism

Abbott wrote that Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers were subjected to prejudice that can be experienced by groups "such as redheads."

 Labour party MP and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott speaks during the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, Britain September 22, 2019.

UK Labour leader: Jeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour candidate in next elections

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer makes a definitive effort to purge antisemitism from the party and announces that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as their candidate in the next election.

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer attend a general election campaign meeting in Harlow, Britain November 5, 2019.

UK Labour lawmaker calls Israel a fascist state in parliament, apologizes hours later

Labour leader Keir Starmer has sought to move his party past the years of antisemitism controversy that marked his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn’s tenure.

 Official portrait of UK MP Kim Johnson.

UK PM Sunak gets fined by police for failing to wear seat belt

Sunak filmed a video in the back seat of his car while travelling in the north of England, without wearing a seat belt.

 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak exiting 10 Downing Street on December 14, 2022.

Jeremy Corbyn won't run with UK's Labour, leader Starmer says

Labour suspended Corbyn in 2020 after a report found that the party mishandled antisemitism complaints in a way that broke the law.

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn acknowledges his audience prior to giving his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, Britain, September 27, 2017.

UK's Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak underscore Israel ties to win Jewish vote

Both candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak promise to counter Iran’s nuclear ambitions, secure a UK-Israel free trade deal, fight BDS.

 Candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss take part in the BBC Conservative party leadership debate at Victoria Hall in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Britain July 25, 2022.

Jeremy Corbyn: Pro-Palestinian stance, 'powerful forces' led to antisemitism claims

Corbyn attacked "powerful forces" which prevented him from staying on as Labour leader and reaffirmed his commitment to the Palestinian cause.

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, delivers a speech in Manchester, Britain, March 22, 2018.