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Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said that British fighter jets had shot down ‘a number of drones’ fired at Israel from Iran. Additional RAF jets were deployed over Iraq and Syria, where Britain was already taking part in Operation Shader against the Islamic State group. Some people decided not to attend the annual Downing Street Eid party in protest at the government’s support for Israel; the Prime Minister was not there because he was making a statement to the House on Iran’s attack. A Muslim pupil at the Michaela School in Wembley, whose head teacher is Katharine Birbalsingh, failed at the High Court in challenging its ban on prayer rituals.
More than 250 survivors of the Manchester Arena bomb attack in 2017 planned to take legal action against MI5; a public inquiry found that MI5 had missed a chance to prevent the bombing. Rishi Sunak called a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights ‘a complete overreach’ when it declared that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change. Liz Truss, a former prime minister, told The Spectator: ‘I felt that the US was a stronger force under Trump.’ The Commons voted 383 to 67 to make it illegal for people born after 31 December 2008 ever to buy tobacco, though 57 Tories voted against. Greater Manchester Police investigated whether Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, had committed any crime in the information she gave about the council house she sold in 2015 being her main residence.
The proportion of those aged 16 to 64 not in work or seeking it grew to 22 per cent.
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