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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey and Aletha Adu

Labour acts on fears Muslims will not vote for party over Gaza stance

Keir Starmer
The war between Israel and Hamas first triggered a crisis for Starmer when he gave an interview in which he said Israel had the right to withhold power and water from Gaza. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Keir Starmer’s office has begun polling British Muslim voters amid growing concern in senior Labour ranks about the damage done to their core vote by the row over the party’s position on the Middle East.

Labour sources have told the Guardian that the party is running polls and holding focus groups around the country after senior officials became concerned they were losing support among one of their staunchest bases of support.

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