Monday, July 13, 2026 -The British Government on Monday announced more than £250 million to boost police protection of the Jewish community, which in recent months has been targeted by a series of attacks.
The fresh package will help fund the deployment of more than
500 police officers in districts where a lot of British Jews live, including
300 officers in London.
It will also fund more police patrols outside synagogues and
Jewish schools, and more plainclothes officers.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, “The rise in antisemitism
we have seen in recent years is a test of our values as a country and tackling
it has been central to my leadership from day one.”
This latest package is intended to be spent over a
three-year period. Part of it will finance education measures in the fight
against antisemitism.
“Jewish communities are facing an exceptional threat with
rising hate crime alongside terrorism and interference from hostile states,”
said Matt Jukes, Deputy Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police.
In late April, two Jewish men were stabbed in London’s
predominantly Jewish Golders Green district, which the police said was a
terrorist attack.
It was one of a series of incidents in spring that included
arson and attempted arson attacks on Jewish targets, including London
synagogues.
An October 2025 attack on a synagogue in Manchester,
northwest England, killed two people.
The government statement said £59 million would go to
Britain’s anti-terrorist police to tighten security and response to state
threats.
After April’s Golders Green attack, Starmer pledged extra
funding, at the same time accusing Iran of wanting “to harm British Jews”.
In May, London’s Metropolitan Police announced the creation
of a special unit to protect Jews following a spate of hate attacks amid
growing antisemitism.
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