Labour Friends of Israel is delighted to announce the appointment of six MPs as new vice-chairs, more than doubling the number of LFI vice-chairs from five to 11. The new vice-chairs are: Rosie Cooper MP – MP for West Lancashire since 2005. Member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee Chris Evans MP – MP for Islwyn since 2010.…

Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared in the JewishNews. Click here to read the original.  LFI’s meeting last week with Keir Starmer was another demonstration that our party is, as Labour’s leader put it himself, “under new management”. Keir’s acknowledgment that the last five years have been difficult for LFI’s members…

Labour Friends of Israel today met with Keir Starmer for the first time since his election as leader of the Labour party. LFI chair Steve McCabe said he was “delighted to chair a meeting between LFI and Labour leader Keir Starmer”, adding that “since his election, we have already seen the start of real progress in…

Photo: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Labour Friends of Israel were pleased to meet with shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy MP and shadow Middle East minister Wayne David MP via Zoom on Friday 29th May. LFI chair, Steve McCabe MP, LFI chair in the Lords, Baroness Ramsay and LFI director Jennifer Gerber participated…

LFI chair Steve McCabe has written for Progress on the future of Labour's foreign policy under Keir Starmer. You can read the original here.  Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Keir Starmer’s election as Labour leader has already signalled progress in tackling the scourge of antisemitism and rebuilding our relationship with the Jewish community. The…