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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (centre) and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (right) meeting first responders from Shomrim North West London during a visit to Golders Green, north west London, following a terror attack on Wednesday morning in which two men were stabbed. Picture date: Thursday April 30, 2026. PA Photo. Police across the country have stepped up patrols in response to the attack that saw two Jewish men - 34-year-old Shilome Rand and 76-year-old Moshe Ben Baila, named locally as Moshe Shine - taken to hospital after being stabbed. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

June 22, 2026, 1:09 pm

Keir Starmer and the Jewish community: complex relationship in time of turmoil

SPECIAL REPORT: How navigating rising antisemitism and the Israel-Gaza conflict proved to be a difficult task for the out-going PM

By Lee Harpin

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper hosts a virtual meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in Westminster, London, for talks with a coalition of countries on the reopening of the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping lane. Britain is seeking to lead a diplomatic initiative, understood to include 35 countries such as France, Germany and some Gulf nations, to reopen the passage. Picture date: Thursday April 2, 2026.
Pic Leon Neal/PA Wire

April 15, 2026, 10:31 am

Communal leaders urge Cooper not to lose sight of Hezbollah threat

The Board and JLC meet with the Foreign Secretary

By Lee Harpin

Yvette Cooper speaks at FCDO with Chanukiah in courtyard

March 30, 2026, 3:09 pm

UK breaks with Tory policy and confirms it will abstain on Human Rights Council Israel votes

JLC, Board and other communal organisations slam 'appalling' decision

By Lee Harpin

UJS president Louis Danker (right) meets Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the Downing Street Antisemitism Summit in May 2026.

March 23, 2026, 2:27 pm

PM told the community is feeling ‘anxious but resilient’ after Golders Green attacks

Keir Starmer has met with Jewish community leaders in Downing Street

By Lee Harpin

Steve Reed at community centre in Barnet to promote social cohesion plan

March 10, 2026, 11:19 am

Board and JLC praise government’s new social cohesion strategy

Phil Rosenberg says 'we commit to play our part to build a more cohesive Britain for people of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds'

By Lee Harpin

Screen grab of (left to right) Chief
Constable Mark Roberts, National Lead for Football Policing, UK Football Policing Unit, Mike O'Hara, Assistant Chief Constable, West Midlands Police, Craig Guildford, Chief Constable, West Midlands Police and Mick Wilkinson, Chief Inspector, West Midlands Police appearing before the Home Affairs Committee, for a hearing on Football Policing, at the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Tuesday January 6, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

January 7, 2026, 8:23 am

Communal groups call for police chief to be sacked over Israeli football fan ban

Board and JLC issue damning joint statement

By Lee Harpin and PA

Phil Rosenberg, President of the Board of Deputies

August 5, 2025, 2:03 pm

Board president praised for speech addressing Gaza suffering and far-right Israeli ministers

Phil Rosenberg told an emergency meeting that comments by Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich were a 'complete disaster' for those attempting to defend Israel against claims of genocide

By Lee Harpin

36 Board memners write letter to FT opposing war in Gaza

July 24, 2025, 11:03 am

Board appeal panel finds ‘inadvertent error’ in investigation process into sanctioned deputies

Independent panel considering appeal by sanctioned deputies says they had 'not received the full suite of the materials the panel had gathered to use in its deliberations'

By Lee Harpin

April 23, 2025, 8:33 am

Rosenberg sends warning to deputies as row over FT letter turns toxic

In letter to members the Board President writes: 'I utterly condemn it from whatever source and whatever direction'

By Lee Harpin

April 22, 2025, 12:45 pm

Board suspends executive members over their involvement in Financial Times letter

Jewish News understands the Board has suspended vice-chair of its international division pending an investigation while under 35s vice-chair has also stepped back from role

By Lee Harpin

Gideon Moshe Sa'ar, Israel's Foreign Minister, left with Phil Rosenberg, President, Board of Deputies of British Jews, right.

April 21, 2025, 2:20 pm

Board of Deputies president to United Synagogue: those who signed FT Israel letter speak for themselves

Jewish News understands 30 other deputies considered adding their names to letter criticising the resumption of Israel's war in Gaza

By Lee Harpin

April 4, 2025, 10:39 am

New survey shows two-thirds of UK Jews have experienced workplace antisemitism

Board vice-president Andrew Gilbert said: 'This report gives a real-time insight into the problems that Jewish employees have been experiencing in the workplace in a post-October 7th world'

By Lee Harpin

Media gather outside the BBC headquarters

March 21, 2025, 11:34 am

Board gives BBC bosses Pesach deadline to commit to tackling community concerns

After meeting with BBC chiefs, Board president Phil Rosenberg said:'We told them that the current situation was not good enough and needs to change'

By Lee Harpin

Labour frontbenchers David Lammy, Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper, Rachel Reeves

February 27, 2025, 12:27 pm

Home Secretary pledges to work with the Board on safer streets plan

Yvette Cooper met with a Board delegation as Crime and Policing Bill provisions outlined in the Commons

By Lee Harpin

File photo dated 11/09/23 of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley in conversation with Sir Trevor Phillips at the Policy Exchange in London. PA

January 23, 2025, 1:13 pm

Lawyers tell us ‘From the river to the sea’ chant not an offence, says Met Police chief

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley tells the Board of Deputies of concerns hate crime laws fail to 'capture challenges found in contemporary society'

By Lee Harpin

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