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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Proxies carrying out antisemitic attacks in UK could face 14 years in prison

Starmer and Mahmood pictured on 30 April
Shabana Mahmood (pictured with Keir Starmer meeting Jewish community leaders in Golders Green) will be given the power under to designate proxy groups as a foreign intelligence service. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images

Offenders who commit antisemitic attacks backed by foreign powers such as Iran will face 14 years in prison under legislation to be included in the king’s speech next week.

Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, will be given the power under the National Security Act to designate proxy groups, such as those thought to be behind the recent attacks on the Jewish community, as a foreign intelligence service.

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