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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot, Rowena Mason and Peter Walker

Starmer urged to do more to push back against ‘onslaught of racism’

Dozens of protesters, some union and St George's flags
Anti-asylum seeker protesters in Epping in August. MPs said a failure to challenge the far right had allowed tensions to be whipped up across the UK. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Reuters

Senior Labour MPs and the UK’s largest anti-fascist campaign group have called on Keir Starmer to mount a more heartfelt defence of diversity and anti-racism. They say they fear that Labour is not yet putting its “heart and soul” into the battle against Nigel Farage and the far right.

Hope Not Hate’s chief executive has written a letter to Starmer in the lead up to a planned far-right demonstration in London on Saturday, demanding the prime minister speak up more against hate and racism.

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