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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Home Office to spend £250m on protecting Jewish communities in England and Wales

Passersby stand by a police car responding to an incident
Police respond to a fire at a Jewish supermarket in the Golders Green area of north London. The area has been a focus for antisemitic attacks. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters

More than £250m will be invested by the government to increase policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks, the Home Office has announced.

The funding over the next three years will deliver more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales in Jewish neighbourhoods and around schools, synagogues and community centres, while strengthening national counter-terrorism capabilities.

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