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Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer poses for photographers after delivering a stump speech at Hitchin Town Football Club on July 1, 2024 in Hitchin, England. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

From Labour to the Day of Rest, here are the Jewish storylines in this week’s UK election

Labour is expected to win big, and Jews are expected to vote in large numbers for the party after years of breaking with it.

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British Labour Party’s new leader vows to launch independent complaints board to root out ‘disgrace of anti-Semitism’

Keir Starmer also asked for a report on all outstanding cases to be in his hands by the end of the week.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn giving an election campaign speech in Battersea, England on October 31, 2019.(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Senior rabbi was duped into signing letter supporting Corbyn, haredi Orthodox group says

Activists pushing the Labour Party ahead of the Dec. 12 elections took advantage of the rabbi’s poor health, the umbrella group said.

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I’m a proud British Jew troubled by Corbyn’s anti-Semitism problem — but I’m still voting for Labour

Slavoj Zizek

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British newspaper publishes op-ed calling settlements ‘the trouble with Jews’

U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at the SOAS University of London, July 14, 2019. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire/Getty Images)

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Jeremy Corbyn says he is ‘very sorry’ for anti-Semitism incidents in Labour Party

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UK Tory candidate says rabbis turn Jews visiting Israel into ‘brainwashed extremists’

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, shown making a speech during a visit to Pen Green Children's Centre in Corby, England, Aug. 19, 2019, has been accused of allowing anti-Semitism in his party. (Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)

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Britain’s Jewish Labour Movement won’t campaign for party lawmakers in upcoming elections

Margaret Hodge

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Jewish Labour lawmaker in Britain beats back efforts to oust her from office by Corbyn loyalists

Louise Ellman

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Jewish lawmaker quits British Labour Party after 55 years over anti-Semitism

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