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In the face of a significant rise of antisemitism across the UK, we ask the Government to fund permanent 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities.

Following the antisemitic attacks, including on voluntary run ambulances that serve the Golders Green Community, we ask that the Government do more than offer what we feel are empty words of solidarity and shock. We believe our community needs a visible and permanent police presence that is on patrol 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We feel closing police stations and reducing police patrols by foot and car play their part in creating a breeding ground where antisemitic attacks are more likely to take place.

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    At the end of April, we announced a significant increase in investment to protect our Jewish communities, with record funding for policing and security at synagogues, schools and community centres.

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    The Government announced on 30 April an additional £25 million funding to increase protective security and policing to bolster the immediate response to the Golders Green attack on 29 April.

    The majority of funding (£20 million) will support increased police patrols, including £18 million for the Metropolitan Police Service in recognition of the concentration of attacks in London. A further £2 million has been allocated to the National Police Chiefs’ Council and is available to police forces nationally to protect communities across England and Wales.

    A further £4 million will be made available through the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant, administered by the Community Security Trust (CST), which will include funding for the crucial volunteer group, Shomrim, who provide support to local communities via neighbourhood patrols.

    Building on the £5 million already announced earlier in April, a further
    £1 million will be invested into the expansion of Project Servator, putting specialist and plain-clothes officers in the community who are trained to spot suspicious activity and identify individuals preparing to commit serious crimes.

    This brings the total funding to £58 million this year – the largest investment the UK Government has ever made in protecting Jewish communities. This funding will go towards increasing police presence and patrols in communities, as well as added protective security in synagogues, schools, and community centres.

    In addition to this focused response, the Government remains committed to rebuilding neighbourhood policing across England and Wales and restoring the vital link between police forces and the communities they serve. By the end of February 2026, forces had delivered more than 3,100 additional police officers and PCSOs into neighbourhood roles since March 2025, strengthening neighbourhood teams as part of our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee to deliver 13,000 more by the end of this Parliament. Every neighbourhood has named, and contactable officers dedicated to providing visible policing and responding to community concerns. Forces have increased patrols in town centres and other key locations, acting on community intelligence, to prevent harm and tackle crime.

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