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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

UK still intends to recognise a Palestinian state, David Lammy to tell MPs

David Lammy speaking in the Commons
Lammy warned that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was a ‘man-made catastrophe’. Photograph: House of Commons/AFP/Getty Images

David Lammy will tell MPs on Monday that the UK still intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September, with Israel having shown no sign of meeting the government’s demands.

The foreign secretary will say in a Commons statement that government officials intend to carry out a formal assessment in the coming days of whether Israel has complied with the tests set out by the prime minister, Keir Starmer.

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