Keir Starmer promises action over cancellation of Jewish MP’s school visit

PM will ‘hold to account’ campaigners who said Damien Egan’s presence would ‘inflame teachers’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has promised action against union activists and campaigners who pushed for the cancellation of a school visit by an MP who is vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel.Pro-Palestine activists and National Education Union members said they opposed the visit by Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East, because they viewed him as supportive of Israel’s military operation in Gaza. Continue reading...