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- 1Merseyside police arrest elderly protesters at Burnham's Labour conference●Report: Merseyside police arrest pensioners at Burnham’s First Labour Conference One 94-yo Jewish protestor: “Whatever M
Merseyside police arrested elderly protesters, reportedly including a 94-year-old Jewish demonstrator, outside Andy Burnham's first Labour Party conference appearance. The protester criticised Labour leader Keir Starmer's position, saying that whatever David Miliband said about the illegal occupation of the West Bank, he did not call Israel's actions a genocide and did not ban all arms exports to Israel. The arrests have drawn criticism amid ongoing protests over UK policy on Gaza and Israel.
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Andy Burnham has dropped the controversial proposal to limit jury trials, abandoning a key justice policy first announced by David Lammy when he served as justice secretary. The plan to curb defendants' right to trial by jury had drawn criticism from lawyers and civil liberties groups, and its withdrawal will be welcomed by defenders of the traditional jury system.