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The Green Party of England and Wales adopted the policy at its Brighton conference on 4 October, defining Zionism as racism and backing a single Palestinian state with equal rights. Labour has told councils to end agreements with Green partners that do not reject it.
The motion passed with 1,022 votes in favour.
At Labour’s Liverpool conference, Andy Burnham outlined plans for free-at-use social care, changes to the pension triple lock by 2030, cheaper home ownership, publicly owned utilities and a long-term EU relationship. The government plans to legislate for the pension changes before 2030.
AllegedSome estimates put the proposed social care service's annual cost at up to £18 billion.
At the Labour conference, Ed Miliband said critics were right that the party’s former Palestine policy was insufficient. He defended sanctions on Israeli settlements, called for action over Gaza and the West Bank, and said Labour had reset its approach under Andy Burnham.
Countries announcing sanctions on Israeli settlements
Andy Burnham said the government could consider options from current arrangements to rejoining the EU and will urge MPs to pursue closer ties and a better deal. A TMG poll found 49% support rejoining, while a petition for re-entry passed 111,000 signatures.
Sagal Abdi-Wali received 45% of the vote in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection.
AllegedReduction in average household incomes after housing costs projected by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation at the lower end of its range
The Conservative Party has had five leaders in the past eight years.
The yield on 30-year UK government bonds reached 6%