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The energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh has insisted she backs Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms after she made what she described as a "light-hearted remark" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6y9…
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A "mindset shift" is needed across UK's central government to help Number 10 North deliver its objectives, its deputy director has said. Duncan Parish has told a conference there are "institutional challenges" within govt. Comes as questions continue about No 10 North costs.
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Zack Polanski has said he will not overturn a motion passed by Green Party members that declared Zionism a form of racism. The Green leader told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that, while he would like to make amendments, it would be party policy until 2028.
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Equality watchdog the EHRC has written to the Green Party asking for more information about a controversial "Zionism is racism" motion passed by members, after MPs and Jewish campaigners raised antisemitism concerns.
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Andy Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Manchester City football club's chairman while mayor of Greater Manchester. The PM dined with Khaldoon Al Mubarak at matches in 2017 and 2018 - but this was not detailed in a statement on Monday by the local authority. Read more:
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Zack Polanski has vowed to stay on as Green Party leader after by-election defeat, as he faced pressure from within his own party to resign Jewish Greens leader Vivien Lichtenstein says he "should resign" & it was a "big mistake" for him to have dodged a debate on Zionism motion
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NEW: Andy Burnham has called on Green leader Zack Polanski to reverse a motion passed by members of his party declaring Zionism a form of racism. The PM said the motion, approved at the party's conference in Brighton, was "completely wrong" and showed "terrible judgement".
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The Green leader has declined media interviews since the motion was passed and did not answer questions from a BBC reporter about the motion when approached while campaigning today. Comes as polls close in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. More: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2d…
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Green Party is now investigating. Spox says: "Where members have expressed views that do not fit in with the party’s values, we have internal processes to investigate and an investigation is underway." In her statement, Lubna Speitan criticises "classic distraction" attempts.
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Lubna Speita, the Green Party member behind a motion which declared Zionism to be racism, was named in US court documents in 2015 as a "close friend" of a man who was jailed for 40 years after being accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow Airport. Read more:
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Zack Polanski has said he will not accept anyone being excluded from the Green Party "because of the religious or communal body they are part of", after members adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjy5…
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