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Politics
David Lynch

Burnham’s Israel sanctions plan could risk national security, senior Tory warns

Tom Tugendhat (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

Andy Burnham’s plans to sanction Israel over illegal settlements in the West Bank could risk Britain’s national security and make it harder to fight terrorism, a senior Conservative has warned.

Shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat made the warning as he spoke to the Telegraph, in his first major interview since he was appointed to the role by party leader Kemi Badenoch in a reshuffle.

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