Employment

Home Office sparks outrage after advertising for religious adviser who can help illegal migrants get married The adviser would need to provide appropriate rooms for literature and artefacts for detainees to observe their faith

(GB News) The Home Office has advertised for a religious adviser, who can help detained migrants get married. The vacancy is for Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre, near the village of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, which is set to be reopened after it shut […]

Demonstrations

Chief rabbi: UK policy on Palestine ‘strengthens extremists in our midst’ Scathing remarks at Campaign Against Antisemitism demo in Parliament Square, where he was joined by the shadow home secretary and Reform UK's deputy leader

(Jewish News) The chief rabbi has told thousands of demonstrators that the expected recognition of Palestine by Britain “strengthens extremists in our midst” as he stepped up his public condemnation of the move. His comments came during Campaign Against Antisemitism’s third annual […]

Crime

‘Death to Jews’ migrant who crossed Channel in small boat returned to prison Palestinian Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, who posted armed images and violent antisemitic rants, recalled to serve remainder of sentence

(Jewish News) A Palestinian man who arrived in Britain illegally after crossing the Channel in a small boat — and who was filmed calling for the mass killing of Jews — has been sent back to prison after breaching his release conditions. […]

Demonstrations

Pro-Palestine protester who evaded terror charges in two-tier police row is ‘Islamist propagandist’ granted asylum in Britain Mohammad al-Mail claimed he avoided prosecution by misleading investigators

(GB News) A pro-Palestinian demonstrator who was arrested but not ultimately charged with terror charges after chanting support for the October 7 Hamas attacks has been identified as Mohammad al-Mail, a 27-year-old Kuwaiti national who was granted refugee status in Britain in […]

Crime

Jewish protester in London charged over placard that may offend ‘pro-Hezbollah’ activists The Crown Prosecution Service later dropped the charges, although the man's home was extensively searched and he was questioned by police.

(Jerusalem Post) A Jewish protester was arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police for a placard he held mocking the eliminated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the Telegraph revealed on Friday. The anonymous man was detained and charged last September for the cartoon, which featured […]

Children & Teens

Conservatives call for Labour’s Lucy Powell to resign over grooming gang remarks The leader of the House of Commons later said she was 'sorry' if she was 'unclear' in her response to the topic being raised during a debate.

(Sky News) The Conservatives are calling for Lucy Powell to resign after the Labour MP’s exchange with a commentator about grooming gangs. The comment was made by Ms Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, after Conservative political commentator Tim Montgomerie […]

Government & Politics

Backlash grows over surge in illegal boats crossing English Channel under Keir Starmer Among those [who] made the dangerous journey is a controversial Palestinian social media influencer

(National-UAE) Small boat crossings to the UK have risen sharply, with numbers already significantly ahead of the same point in previous years, data shows. According to the latest Home Office data, 174 migrants were picked up on three small boats in the […]

Clerics & Preachers

Labour MP leads calls for anti-Israel hate preacher to be banned from UK visit Preacher Mohamed Hoblos is scheduled to be speaking at a new mosque in Middlesbrough on February 23

(Jewish News) The government “will look carefully” into calls from MPs and community leaders to prevent an extremist preacher who has expressed support for Hamas from appearing at a new mosque in Middlesbrough. MP Luke Myer told the Commons he is “very concerned” […]

Government & Politics

More than 150,000 migrants have crossed Channel to UK in small boats since 2018 On Christmas Day, more than 450 migrants arrived in the UK on 11 small boats, and a further 400 people made the journey on Boxing Day.

(Sky News) More than 150,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats since 2018. The government began recording the number of people who have made the dangerous journey almost seven years ago, on 1 January […]

Demonstrations

Minister expects probe into judge who appeared to like antisemitic LinkedIn post Social media grab seems to show magistrates court Judge Tan Ikram, who gave 12-month conditional discharge to three women found guilty of terror offence, liking post saying 'Free Free Palestine'

(Jewish News) A minister has suggested a judge accused of giving “lenient sentences” for terrorism offences should be investigated for appearing to support a pro-Palestine social media post. The Home Office’s Chris Philp told MPs he would expect the Judicial Conduct Investigations […]