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Labour ramped up Britain's Israeli arms exports after general election, data shows
A boy looks over a newly established tent camp for displaced Palestinians whose homes were damaged by Israeli army strikes in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on Friday, March 7, 2025

THE Labour government approved £10.9 million in arms exports to Israel in its first three months in office, analysis of arms export licensing data revealed today.

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) said the new data from July to September 2024 showed a large increase in arms exports compared with the first half of the year.

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