Jewish leaders turn down meeting with Conservative council candidate jailed for antisemitism – UK politics live

Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council to meet with Tory party but decline meeting with Joshua Bonehill-Paine Badenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillor Ministers will scrap the requirement for companies to prove their green and progressive values before they are awarded government contracts, and instead ask firms to prove they will help young people back into work. As part of a government push to reduce the number of…