Ministers under pressure to tackle antisemitism after Golders Green terror attack – live updates

Government announces extra £25m to protect Jewish communities Morning. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, said she understands the fears faced by the Jewish community in the UK as the government announced extra funding to boost police patrols and protections around synagogues, schools and community centres. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, she was pressed on comments made by the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, that people in the UK who are visibly Jewish are no longer safe, after two Jewish men were stabbed in an attack in Golders Green in north-west London. “ I, of course, can understand why people who are both visibly and not visibly Jewish are feeling a huge amount of pressure and fear at the moment,” Mahmood said. She continued: “The question for me is, what am I going to do to ensure that people are able to go about their business safely, just like their fellow citizens, and that they also feel safe as well? A police officer and members of the Jewish community in Golders Green where two people were stabbed, and a suspect arrested. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/ “And that is the action that I am taking, practical action, in order to put in the enhanced policing, the higher spending on security so that people can go about their business.” She said the government will invest a further £25m to increase security for Jewish communities, and that it will also fast-track new legislation in order to tackle state threats. …