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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
David Lynch

Home Secretary criticises plans for pro-Gaza marches after terror attack

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaking during a press conference at the scene near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

Pro-Palestine marches which took place in the wake of a terror attack in Manchester were “dishonourable” and “fundamentally un-British”, the Home Secretary has said.

Shabana Mahmood also called for demonstrators to “step back” from plans to hold marches in coming days, claiming this would show “some love and some solidarity” with Britain’s Jewish community following the attack.

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