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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Charity Commission to review blogpost by Campaign Against Antisemitism

People holding UK and Israel flags at a protest organised in London by the Campaign Against Antisemitism in 2018.
A protest organised by the CAA in 2018. The regulator has previously issued guidance to the charity on political activity. Photograph: Matthew Chattle/REX/Shutterstock

The Charity Commission is assessing a statement by the Campaign Against Antisemitism in which it called the government’s decision to suspend 30 arms export licences to Israel “obscene”.

The review follows a complaint by the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who wrote to the commission asking how the blogpost was consistent with the CAA’s stated charitable objectives, amid allegations that it represents improper political activity.

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