Starmer to host Downing Street summit to address antisemitism

Starmer to host Downing Street summit to address antisemitism5 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleOlivia IrelandPA MediaSir Keir Starmer will hold meetings with UK leaders to address antisemitismSir Keir Starmer will host senior business, culture and policing figures in Downing Street on Tuesday as part of coordinated efforts to tackle antisemitism with a "whole of society" approach.Announcing the summit, the prime minister said "it is not enough to simply say we stand with Jewish communities", and that effort was needed across sectors to "eradicate antisemitism from every corner of society".It follows a spate of suspected antisemitic incidents in recent months, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green on 29 April.The home secretary, communities secretary, health secretary, education secretary and culture secretary will each chair meetings with leaders from their sector. No 10 has not confirmed exactly who will attend the talks.But it said representatives from business, civil society, health, culture, higher education and policing would take part in individual round-table discussions with members of the Jewish community, hosted by the ministers.They would be asked to reflect on the forms antisemitism takes in their sector, the work they are already doing to tackle it and how they can go further.The prime minister will also convene ministers in the afternoon for a Middle East Response Committee meeting, No 10 said, "focused on the domestic security implications of the conflict in the Middle East, in particular the heightened threat to Jewish communities in light of recent attacks".In opening remarks, the prime minister is expected to say the Golders Green attack was "part of a pattern of rising antisemitism that has left our Jewish communities feeling frightened, angry, and asking whether this country, their home, is safe for them".He will add: "These disgusting attacks are being made...