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Elaina Cohen (right) has claimed Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, (left), sacked her after she blew the whistle about the colleague, who she suspected was a “criminal abuser” of women.

May 25, 2022, 8:22 am

MP denies inquiry into aide’s conduct was due to her claims about staff member

Elaina Cohen claims Labour MP Khalid Mahmood sacked her after she blew the whistle about a colleague, who she suspected was a “criminal abuser” of women.

By Jewish News Reporter

Sir Keir Starmer (left) alongside former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre)

April 25, 2022, 1:17 pm

Starmer: ‘Very difficult’ to see how Corbyn can regain Labour whip

Party leader says his predecessor's comments criticising Nato means it's unlikely will represent Labour at another general election.

By Jenni Frazer

Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay who have been elected as the co-leaders of the Green Party at St Pancras Meeting Rooms, London. Picture date: Friday October 1, 2021. (Jewish News)

April 20, 2022, 5:14 pm

Is Green becoming the new red? Labour’s disaffected hard-left jumps ship

Concerns over candidates with previous connections to Jeremy Corbyn ahead of next month's local elections.

By Lee Harpin

Colin Davis, an enthusiast for military uniforms, has been suspended as chairman of the Southgate Conservative Association over this image of him, taken decades ago, wearing a Nazi uniform.

April 12, 2022, 5:03 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Enfield Conservatives chair suspended after Nazi uniform photo emerges

Colin Davis tells Jewish News: ‘I have no recollection of this at all. Yes, there were various wild parties, very perverse themes expressed... I can't absolutely rule it out’

By Lee Harpin

April 3, 2022, 2:06 pm

Tory councillor defects to Lib Dems, saying party has shunned ‘communities like ours’

Ex- Barnet Conservative Helene Richman launched a damning attack on local Tory Group at press conference confirming her defection.

By Lee Harpin

Film director Ken Loach

Photo credit: John Stillwell/PA Wire

August 14, 2021, 12:36 pm

Ken Loach expelled from the Labour Party

Filmmaker, who has repeatedly sparked anger over comments on antisemitism, claims he's the victim of a "witch-hunt".

By Lee Harpin

Louise Ellman appearing in the 2019 documentary Forced Out and Whitewashed by Judith Ornstein, which tells the stories of people who had to leave the Labour Party because of antisemitism.

July 12, 2021, 12:23 pm

Louise Ellman ‘appalled’ by MP’s claim she was not ‘forced out’ of Labour

Liverpool Riverside's Kim Johnson insists antisemitism fighter Dame Louise 'took a decision to resign' as local MP

By Lee Harpin

John Bercow.

(Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

June 20, 2021, 11:15 am

Former speaker John Bercow denies defection to Labour is plot for peerage

Former Commons speaker, who made numerous enemies among Tory Brexit-supporting MPs, has switched allegiances to the Labour Party.

By Jewish News Reporter

June 11, 2021, 10:08 pm

Labour ‘looking into’ Corbyn’s claim that Luciana Berger ‘was not hounded out’

Sources tell Jewish News the party is probing the former leader's remarks ahead of a possible formal investigation.

By Lee Harpin

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the party's last online conference.

April 13, 2021, 12:00 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Jewish Voice For Labour official chairs Labour panel on antisemitism

A leading JVL figure, once branded an "antisemitism denier" by the Board of Deputies, has been allowed to lead a hearing of the Labour Party's highest disciplinary body.

By Lee Harpin

Dan (first on the left) during a roundtable discussion in the Cabinet Room at No10 with the then Prime Minister Theresa May, organised by the Jewish Leadership Council (2017)

November 26, 2020, 3:48 pm

World Jewish Relief chair named No 10 chief of staff

'Class act' Dan Rosenfield appointed by Boris Johnson to key Downing Street role.

By Jewish News Reporter

Prime Minister Theresa May announced she is standing down as Tory party leader (Yui Mok/PA Wire)

May 24, 2019, 10:26 am

Community tributes to Theresa May as she announces she’s stepping down

Confirming she'll stand down on Friday 7 June, prime minister recalls words of 'British Schindler' in reference to her failed Brexit negotiations: “Compromise is not a dirty word”

By Jewish News Reporter

Pointing the way forward: Luciana Berger

February 18, 2019, 4:05 pm

Voters in Luciana Berger’s constituency give mixed response to resignation

Most voters approached in Wavertree on Monday appeared more concerned with immigration issues locally than machinations in 'Westminster bubble'.

By Jewish News Reporter

February 18, 2019, 12:14 pm

Jewish leaders react to Berger resignation: ‘Labour allowed racism to flourish’

Board of Deputies, JLC and Jewish Labour Movement express solidarity with Liverpool Wavertree MP

By Mathilde Frot

Rebecca Long-Bailey

Photo credit: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

July 22, 2018, 12:03 pm

Shadow business secretary: Labour has to win the faith of the Jewish Community

Rebecca Long-Bailey said the party is starting from a "very, very dark place" over anti-Semitism following the actions of a minority of members

By Jewish News Reporter

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