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

No 10 and security minister say UK is not ‘permissive’ about antisemitism

Tom Tugendhat speaking during a vigil outside Downing Street for victims and hostages of Hamas attacks, organised by The Board of Deputies of British Jews
Tom Tugendhat says threats to any community are taken extremely seriously. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

Downing Street and the security minister have rejected claims from the government’s counter-extremism adviser that the UK is a “permissive environment” for antisemitism because of a failure to integrate migrants.

In a sign of splits over the government’s approach to community relations, the prime minister’s spokesperson and Tom Tugendhat said threats to any community were taken “extremely seriously”.

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