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Keir Starmer calls for ‘permanent’ Gaza ceasefire at Labour conference | News

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Labour leader Keir Starmer delivered a speech at the Scottish Labour Conference in Glasgow today (18 February), where he took the opportunity to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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“A ceasefire that lasts. That is what must happen now. The fighting must stop now,” he said, reflecting on his time at the Munich Security Conference.

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“Not just for now, not just for a pause, but permanently.”

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MPs will vote on a second SNP-led motion on an immediate ceasefire in Gaza this week.

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