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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

MPs vote to ban public bodies from boycotting Israel and other countries

Michael Gove
Michael Gove said the bill ‘affirms the important principle that UK foreign policy is a matter for the UK government’. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

MPs have voted to ban public bodies from boycotting Israel and other countries, despite scores of Conservative MPs not backing the bill, some of whom said the ban was illiberal and others that it would hamper action against China.

The government won a vote on Monday night on the economic activity of public bodies bill, despite the opposition of Tory backbenchers, after Labour abstained on the vote.

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