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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

Ex-presidents of NUS warn student body it must address antisemitism concerns

NUS Lowkey Michelle Donelan Robert Halfon National Union of Students
rapper Lowkey
Jewish students raised concerns about the rapper Lowkey being invited to a National Union of Students event. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

More than 20 former presidents of the National Union of Students, including three former cabinet ministers, have sent an unprecedented private warning to the organisation’s trustees, urging them to address concerns from Jewish students.

The letter, which has been leaked to the Guardian, was sent to the union’s trustees by 21 former presidents dating back to the 1960s, including the former cabinet ministers Jack Straw, Charles Clarke and Jim Murphy, the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and Maeve Sherlock.

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