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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams, Education editor

Nadhim Zahawi warns of ‘systemic antisemitism’ within NUS

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the government may sever links with the NUS unless it reforms.
Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the government may sever links with the NUS unless it reforms. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Nadhim Zahawi, the education secretary, said he was worried by allegations of “systemic antisemitism” within the National Union of Students, telling MPs that the government may sever links with the organisation unless it reforms.

Zahawi’s intervention follows concerns raised by the Union of Jewish Students, including a social media posts by the NUS’s incoming president, Shaima Dallali, that invoked an historic assault on Jews in the Middle East.

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