Jewish Londoners deserve to live without fear – we are taking action to ensure their safety

‘The horrific terror attack in Golders Green was just the latest in a series of antisemitic acts of violence that have targeted Jewish people.’ Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Jewish people are living in fear – a fear that has been building for years but has become acute in recent weeks. It now seeps into every part of daily life: the school run, a walk down the high street, a meal in a restaurant, attending synagogue on Shabbat.

Jewish friends and colleagues have spoken to me about how they now find themselves looking over their shoulder in public and worrying about their children wearing religious symbols. This is heartbreaking. It is utterly unacceptable that Jewish people are having to live like this.