CAA calls on new DEFRA Secretary George Eustice to distance himself from previous remarks on religious slaughter and reassure the Jewish community

Concerns have been raised following the appointment of George Eustice as the new Secretary for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, given Mr Eustice’s past scepticism toward Jewish religious slaughter, known as shechitah. Mr Eustice has previously supported the labelling of meat that is not stunned before slaughter, which would distinguish ritually slaughtered meat, which is […]

Anticipating EHRC report, Labour moves to expel 25 members in one day, while news also emerges of yet another troubling figure vying to join Party’s ruling body

The Labour Party has reportedly expelled 25 members in a single day, as it tries to compensate for years of lacklustre disciplinary enforcement before the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) publishes its report later this year. The EHRC launched a full statutory investigation into antisemitism in the Labour Party on 28th May 2019 following […]