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New Leicester MP skips Commons over ‘potential death threat’

Mr Adam won Leicester South by fewer than 1,000 votes, beating Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth, the former shadow secretary of state for work and pensions.

Mr Ashworth had held the seat since 2011 and had been defending a majority of 22,675 from 2019.

The Foreign Office paused funding for UNRWA in January due to allegations staff from the organisation had been involved in the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel.

Mr Lammy told the Commons the government was reassured that UNRWA was ensuring it met neutrality standards and was strengthening its procedures, including on vetting, following an independent review.

Restoring funding to UNRWA was one of a series of demands related to Gaza that Mr Adam and four other independent MPs, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, outlined in a letter to the foreign secretary on Monday.

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