Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has praised the work of the Board of Deputies in a letter sent to Board President Phil Rosenberg.
The Prime Minister noted that:
“The Board of Deputies has been the representative of Jewish communal interests to the Government for many years, and long may that continue”.
The Prime Minister specifically praised the Board’s efforts to build an “Optimistic Alliance” with Muslim communities, and its work on an 7 October Memorial event at Downing Street. The Prime Minister pledged that, “we will not give up until the hostages return home”.
Crucially, the Prime Minister says that, “Antisemitism and all forms of racial and religious discrimination are completely abhorrent. We will always stand firm against this hatred, which has no place in our society.”