- The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for England and Wales, Stephen Parkinson, has announced that hate crime prosecutions will be fast-tracked.
- This measure is in response to a 'deeply troubling rise in antisemitic incidents' and a 'pattern of copycat antisemitism' across the country.
- New guidance allows prosecutors to make swift charging decisions once the evidential threshold is met, with supporting evidence to be obtained subsequently.
- Recent incidents include arson attacks at Jewish sites in London, a double stabbing in Golders Green, and a suspected arson at a former synagogue.
- Sir Keir Starmer has warned Iran against stirring up violence in the UK, and the DPP supports proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps if it strengthens prosecution capabilities.
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