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Crowds gather at Victoria Tower Gardens outside Parliament for the UK’s national Yom HaShoah commemoration ceremony. Credit: Amanda Rose/@amandarosephoto
April 14, 2026, 12:00 pm
‘Nazism does not pay’: warning at UK Yom HaShoah commemoration
Survivors, ministers and youth mark ceremony outside Parliament, linking Holocaust memory to rising hatred in Britain
By Annabel Sinclair
Planned entrance to Holocaust Learning Centre
January 23, 2026, 9:10 am
Chief Rabbi joins PM and communal leaders in welcoming Holocaust Memorial Bill’s Royal Assent
Passage of the Bill clears significant hurdle in progressing plans for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre
By Lee Harpin
Proposed design of Westminster Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens
June 18, 2025, 11:19 am
Holocaust memorial critics warn of creating ‘monument to death and the Nazis’
Critics claim Westminster Holocaust memorial risks becoming a ‘monument to Nazis’ as Bill clears final Lords stage
By Jewish News Reporter
Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London ahead of a hearing regarding the UK Holocaust Memorial. The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a small triangular Grade II-listed park next to Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. Issue date: Tuesday February 22, 2022.
June 12, 2025, 7:58 am
Holocaust memorial plans spark offensive speech memo in Lords after controversy
Government chief whip in the upper chamber advised members on “the importance of being mindful of the tone of contributions”
By Jewish News Reporter
Yom HaShoah 2026 Pic: Meron Persey Photography
April 24, 2025, 12:11 am
‘We won’t stand for it’: 4000 witness Home Secretary’s Jew-hate vow at Yom HaShoah event
'Once in a generation' ceremony honours survivors and liberators at the proposed site of new Holocaust memorial and learning centre by Parliament
By Jewish News Reporter
March 18, 2025, 12:29 pm
OPINION: The last witnesses: a once-in-a-generation call to remember
As the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust approaches, British Jews must unite in unprecedented numbers to honour our survivors – and take up the torch of memory
By Neil Martin
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
March 11, 2025, 9:16 am
Tory peer apologises for ‘grossly insensitive’ remarks about Jews
Lord Hamilton of Epsom had said Jewish people should ‘pay for their own’ Holocaust memorial because they have ‘an awful lot of money’
By Jewish News Reporter
Lord Cameron and Baroness Deech were at odds on Wednesday in the Lords
September 5, 2024, 9:32 am
Cameron defends Holocaust memorial location as ‘unapologetic national statement’
As legislation gets its second Lords reading Baroness Deech tables an amendment expressing regret at the location, cost and design, and she and others speak of security concerns
By Jewish News Reporter
Protesters at the Royal Courts of Justice ahead of a hearing in February 2022 about the UK Holocaust Memorial
April 26, 2024, 9:08 am
MPs issue warning on Holocaust memorial project’s rising costs and security
Surprise at lack of consultation on choice of Westminster site where round-the-clock protection is likely to be required – at an unknown price, says select committee
By Beatrice Sayers
Daniel Libeskind, the son of Holocaust survivors, and a view of the proposed memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster. Picture: Alamy
February 28, 2024, 6:31 pm
Architect Daniel Libeskind suggests a rethink of UK Holocaust memorial site
EXCLUSIVE: Designer of the Jewish Museum Berlin says proposal to build in Westminster has ‘so many obstacles’ and that real agreement is needed on where it should go
By Beatrice Sayers
Nickie Aiken MP and Sir Peter Bottomley give evidence on Wednesday
January 19, 2024, 10:38 am
Holocaust Memorial Bill: objector compares strategy to Post Office stance on Horizon
Commons select committee hears evidence from opponents of government-backed legislation to clear restriction on building on Victoria Tower Gardens
By Beatrice Sayers
Protesters at the Royal Courts of Justice ahead of a hearing in February 2022 about the UK Holocaust Memorial
May 23, 2023, 2:05 pm
‘Slew of government errors’ to blame for Holocaust memorial delays, says trust
London Historic Parks & Gardens Trust confirms it will continue to urge 'MPs to avoid building memorial 'on a public park'
By Lee Harpin
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
May 12, 2023, 5:42 pm
OPINION: It’s high time we sorted out this memorial muddle
"If ever this project comes to fruition, there will be no survivors left to see it," writes Jenni Frazer on London's proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre
By Jenni Frazer
Artist's impression issued by the UK Holocaust Memorial showing the aerial view of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London. The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a small triangular Grade II-listed park next to Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. Issue date: Tuesday February 22, 2022.
March 21, 2023, 3:26 pm
Lord Pickles hits back at ‘misleading information’ on Westminster Holocaust Memorial
The Conservative peer outlines new aims of government's Holocaust Memorial Bill.
By Lee Harpin
MP Robert Jenrick (right), with the late Holocaust survivor Sir Ben Helfgott and his grandson Reuben at Victoria Gardens in Westminster in July 2021.
January 25, 2023, 12:27 pm
Prime Minister confirms government WILL legislate for Holocaust Memorial in Westminster
Rishi Sunak announces plans to go-ahead with controversial £100 million project ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day.
By Lee Harpin
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